The Haunting of Hip Hop

Written by Bertice Berry

Narrated by JD Jackson

Blackboard best-selling author Bertice Berry delivers an entertaining cautionary tale. Everything hip-hop music producer "Freedom" Hudson touches turns to gold. But when he buys a haunted brownstone in Harlem, he gets an earful from a group of ghosts. One of the spirits, an African drummer whose life was destroyed by slavery, has a warning for Freedom: We've passed the drum to you-now use it to send the right message.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 29, 2008
• ISBN: 9781436172462

Reviews for The Haunting of Hip Hop

[missteacher_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A beautiful, and yes, haunting, story of the power of love and music, The Haunting of Hip Hop draws the reader in for a journey from slave ships to Harlem nightclubs and stops to hear most of the stories in between. This is mostly a novel about listening to your heart and your history, and the supernatural element does not hinder this in any way. It isn't a spooky story...it's a love story. A story about the love between husband and wife, father and descendents, mothers and grandmothers and sons, playmates and grown professionals, spirits and their lives, a people and their music, a people and their history, the need for expression, and I could go on and on and on. This is a phenomenal read, sad yet hopeful. And quick. Do yourself a favor--take a few hours to lose yourself in this beat.