Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Hip Hop Is History by Questlove, with Ben Greenman (Auwa\/White Rabbit)\u201cThe amazing, beautiful, chaotic genre that has given me everything and taken almost as much,\u201d is how Questlove sums up the topic of Hip Hop Is History. Drummer with Philadelphia band The Roots, he insightfully recounts rap\u2019s rise to become the most significant US black art form since jazz.My Family and Other Rock Stars by Tiffany Murray (Fleet)Novelist Tiffany Murray grew up in recording studios in rural Wales where her bohemian mother worked as chef. In her fine memoir, vivid recollections of rock stars (Freddie Mercury\u2019s laugh was \u201clike a thin heron gobbling a fish\u201d) are punctuated by her mother\u2019s recipes for dishes such as pike quenelles.The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance Shaped Popular Culture (1955-1979) by Jon Savage (Faber)Savage\u2019s history of the often furtive association between gay culture and popular culture begins with rock and roll trailblazer Little Richard and ends with disco star Sylvester. Music is central to his compendious book, which depicts pop as being at the vanguard of changing attitudes to sexuality.I Was There: Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll by Alan Edwards (Simon & Schuster)Publicists make a living from being unreliable narrators. But Edwards tells it straight in I Was There, an enjoyable memoir about life in London\u2019s music publicity scene. David Bowie, the Rolling Stones and the Spice Girls are among those with walk-on roles. On this occasion, they must play second fiddle to their PR guy.Pulp\u2019s This Is Hardcore (33 \u2153) by Jane Savidge (Bloomsbury)Ex-publicist for Pulp, Savidge\u2019s addition to the 33 \u2153 series of books about albums is a witty, first-hand account of the Sheffield band\u2019s fame-comedown record, 1998\u2019s This Is Hardcore \u2014 a bleak but brilliant album about drugs, porn and self-loathing that brought Britpop\u2019s curtain down with a crash.Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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