Signifying Rappers

Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present is a nonfiction book written by David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello. The name of the book is taken from the song Signifying Rapper off of the album Smoke Some Kill by Schoolly D. The book explores the history of this music as it intersects with historical events,either locally and unique to Boston, or in larger cultural or historical events.