Hip Hop Autobiographies Lyrics

Abd Al Malik - Sufi Rapper: The Spiritual Journey of Abd Al Malik

Bizzy Bone - Inside a Bizzy Mind: Bizzy by Choice, Bone by Blood

CeeLo Green - Everybody's Brother

Chuck D - Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality

Common - One Day It'll All Make Sense

DJ Disco Wiz - It's Just Begun: The Epic Journey of DJ Disco Wiz, Hip Hop's First Latino DJ

DMX - E.A.R.L.

Eminem - Angry Blonde

Eminem - The Way I Am


50 Cent - From Pieces to Weight

50 Cent - The 50th Law


Flavor Flav - The Icon, the Memoir

Ice-T - Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood
Jay Z - Decoded

Jermaine Dupri - Young, Rich, and Dangerous: The Making of a Music Mogul

Kanye West - Glow in the Dark

Kanye West Presents Thank You and You're Welcome

King of Rock: Respect, Responsibility, and My Life with Run-DMC

Kool Moe Dee - There's a God on the Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs

KRS One - Ruminations

KRS One - The Gospel of Hip Hop: The First Instrument


Lil Wayne - Gone Till November

MF Grimm - Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm

Pharrell Williams - Places and Spaces I've Been

Prodigy - My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy

Queen Latifah - Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman

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Your guide to rappers who wrote about themselves. Our recommended reads:

  1. 2Pac – The Rose That Grew From Concrete

  2. Questlove – Mo Meta Blues

  3. Common – One Day It’ll All Make Sense

  4. Reverend Run – It’s Like That: A Spiritual Memoir

  5. 50 Cent – The 50th Law

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