Below are recent dissertations on Hiphop.

Abstracts for these works can be found at http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations.

Codrington, Raymond George.  2001. Sessions from the Big Smoke: Rap, Race and Class in London (England). City University of New York. 296pp. (PhD)

Rutherford, Marc Allen. 2001. Mass Media Framing of Hip-Hop Artists and Culture. West Virginia University. 60pp. (MSJ)

Schloss, Joseph Glenn. 2000. Making Beats: The Art of Sample-based Hip-Hop. University of Washington. 239pp. (PhD)

Will, Pamela Ann.  2001. MC Solaar: Rap Singer, Poet and Social Activist (French Text). San Jose State University. 136pp. (MA)