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My brother's name is Kenny : the greatest true hip-hop story ever told
- Title
- My brother's name is Kenny : the greatest true hip-hop story ever told / Kenny Parker & Rose Daniels.
- Author
- Parker, Kenny (Disc jockey)
- Publication
- Jersey City, NJ : [Independently published], [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Daniels, Rose
- Description
- 292 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
- Summary
- "The future looks bleak. The present feels hopeless. Yet, for two young African-American brothers from the slums of New York City, failure is not an option. Experience a once-in-a-lifetime, true story of how courage, desperation, and a love for Hip-Hop shaped music history. Author Kenny Parker is the renowned deejay for the groundbreaking Hip-Hop act Boogie Down Productions. He provides a first-hand account detailing how he and his older brother, the iconic rapper KRS-One, escaped crime, extreme poverty, brutal violence, and betrayal to carve out an unparalleled musical legacy. The reader gets a glimpse into a dysfunctional family's rollercoaster ride through "The Crime Capital of America" - 1970's & 80's New York City and how living legend KRS-One overcame enormous odds to rise from a homeless teen to a Rap superstar. Kenny, whose musical career spans over three decades, gives a behind-the-scenes look into Rap Music's evolution and reveals never-before-told stories from Hip-Hop's golden era. Whether you're a casual music fan, a Hip-Hop historian, or merely nostalgic about "Old School" New York City, this book is a must-read"--
- Subject
- KRS-One (Musician)
- African American musicians > Biography
- African American disc jockeys > Biography
- Rap (Music) > New York (State) > New York > History
- Rap musicians > Biography
- Brothers > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- African American disc jockeys
- African American musicians
- Brothers
- Rap (Music)
- Rap musicians
- New York (State) > New York
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Call Number
- Sc E 23-1369
- ISBN
- 9781736275634
- 1736275631
- OCLC
- 1340429226
- Author
- Parker, Kenny (Disc jockey), author.
- Title
- My brother's name is Kenny : the greatest true hip-hop story ever told / Kenny Parker & Rose Daniels.
- Publisher
- Jersey City, NJ : [Independently published], [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Daniels, Rose, author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 23-1369