When Dr. Todd Boyd began cognitively crafting “Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World” as a child growing up in 1970s Detroit before physically putting pen to paper in 2021, the 50th anniversary of the music genre (which took place in 2023) wasn’t at the forefront of his mind. Instead, he was driven by how rap and hip-hop impacted politics, pop culture and other aspects of life in the United States and beyond since it was birthed by DJ Kool Herc in 1973.

“This book is about the culture, the music is part of the culture. It’s the frame that you sort of see everything through. But it’s also movies, fashion, language, politics, sports and art. I was interested in all these connections, beyond the music,” Dr. Boyd, who is widely known as “Notorious Ph.D,” told TheWrap in an interview.

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