On April 16, hip-hop hitmaker NLE Choppa wasn’t rapping but rather reading his new book to South Memphis school children.

I think that's what hip-hop is about. When it stands on the foundation of cutting and scratching and looping and sampling and break dancing, it's just like we do these things together.

Her new book, First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed The Game ... that made me feel good." The book reframes the 50-year history of hip-hop by compiling stories about the women who ...