Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.7
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
22460
Points per Word
0.000178
Description
Hip-hop is one of the world's most controversial kinds of music. But artists like Eminem, Missy Elliot and Snoop Doggy Dogg haven't appeared from nowhere. Rap has roots and there's a rich history of music bubbling under the surface.