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Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip-hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. But it's hard to get your come up when you're labeled a hoodlum at school and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral—for all the...
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Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2019
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Biggie Smalls was right. Things done changed. But that doesn't mean Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph's music lie forgotten under his bed after he is murdered—not when his rhymes could turn any Bed-Stuy corner into a party, not after years of having each other's backs. With the help of Steph's younger sister, Jasmine, who is eager to see justice for her brother, Quadir and Jarrell come up with a plan to promote Steph's...
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Publisher
Allida, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
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"Omid needs the right words to connect with his newly met grandfather and distant Iranian heritage, words to tell a special girl what she means to him and to show everyone that he truly belongs in Tucson, Arizona, the only home he’s ever known. Neither the school play’s Shakespearean English nor his parents’ Farsi seems up to the task, and it’s only when Omid delves into the rhymes and rhythms of rap music that he starts to find his voice....
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Simon B. Rhymin' volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Description
When Simon B. Rhymin' and his crew notice inequality in their school and neighborhoood, they use rhymes to help bring their community together.--
10) Gangsta Rap
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Description
When teenage Ray and his two friends, Prem and Tyronne, form a successful rap band in the London's East End where they live, they soon find themselves embroiled in increasingly violent gang warfare.
11) Yes, yes, Yaul!
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Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Description
Rap duo Hip the turtle and Hop the rabbit try to convince a prickly porcupine that saying "no" to everything is no fun at all.
12) Sister mischief
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Description
Esme Rockett, also known as MC Ferocious, rocks her suburban Minnesota Christian high school with more than the hip-hop music she makes with best friends Marcy ( DJ SheStorm) and Tess (The ConTessa) when she develops feelings for her co-MC, Rowie (MC Rohini).
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Series
I can read book volume Level 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Description
When his class visits the library, Rappy uses his raps and rhymes to convince his bored classmates that the library is a fun place to be.
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Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Words burn bright in this joyful celebration of rap, creativity, and self-expression. “Welcome to the cypher! Now huddle up nice and snug. You feel that circle around you? Well, that’s a hip hop hug!” Starting with beatboxes and fingersnaps, an exuberant narrator introduces kids in his community to the powerful possibilities of rap, from turning “a simple phrase/into imagery that soars” to proclaiming, “this is a voice that represents...
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Series
Karma's World volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Karma and her Daddy love to make music together! Karma sets up the rhyme and Daddy finishes it. Together, they're the perfect team! But when it's time for Karma to write her Daddy a rap for his birthday all on her own, she can't quite make it perfect. What rhymes with banana anyway?...Karma soon realizes that she never has to do anything alone with her Daddy by her side." --Publisher's website.
18) Shoot the storm
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Publisher
West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Description
"Aaliyah is a star basketball player thanks to her dad, Boogie-G. Then she sees her father killed on the park basketball courts and completely shuts down. Now she’s set on revenge. Aaliyah makes a deal with Land-Lord, a gang boss who promises to find her father’s killer and arrange for his death in exchange for an unknown favor. Aaliyah soon realizes that getting even with her father’s killer might compromise everything she’s worked for in...
19) POV
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
When first-year film student Spencer O'Toole is asked to make a music video for a band, he leaps at the chance. But Jerry, Spencer's dad, shows up, and somehow the band assumes he's in charge, despite the fact that he has zero background in film. And then there's Scratch, violent gang member turned sleazy music producer, who keeps making big promises but fails to deliver on a single one. Spencer has no idea how he's going to get this thing made. When...
20) You got served
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2́004, ℗♭2003.
Edition
Widescreen edition ; special edition.
Description
Elgin and David are street dancers who are challenged by another crew to see who is the best. They must learn to work together as a team and believe in themselves, their crew, and in their dreams if they are to win.
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