PIOLET, Vincent. Hip Hop 360: Gloire à l’art de rue.

(Paris): Réunion des Musées Nationaux – Grand Palais,, 2021.  First edition.  Softcover.  28cm by 18.1cm.  189 pages.  Published to accompany the landmark exhibition held at the Philharmonie de Paris (Dec 2021 – July 2022), The volume offers a sweeping and immersive survey of 40 years of hip-hop culture in France, spanning music, dance, visual art, and fashion. From the early importation of American breakdance and graffiti in the 1980s to the uniquely French iterations of rap, street art, and urban fashion, this book maps the rise of hip-hop as a powerful artistic and social force.  The volume includes contributions from seminal figures such as Dee Nasty, Oxmo Puccino, Kery James, Leïla Sy, and many others. Lavish photographic documentation accompanies essays on the musical, choreographic, visual, and sartorial expressions of hip-hop, highlighting its grassroots origins and enduring cultural significance.  This is the near fine example of the collector’s edition with dust jacket, original artwork, screen-printed, by Darco that folds out into a poster.  Housed in printed plastic bag.