Mickey Hess: 3 books
A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop
How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky What a White Ally Should Be
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2018
Born in rural Kentucky, Mickey Hess grew up listening to the militant rap of Public Enemy while living in a place where the state song still included the word “darkies.” Listening to hip-hop made Hess think about what it meant to be white, while the environment in small-town Kentucky encouraged...
The Dirty Version
On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
On the tenth anniversary of his death, The Dirty Version is the first biography of hip hop superstar and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, to be written by someone from his inner circle: his right-hand man and best friend, Buddha Monk.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard rocketed to...
by Mickey Hess
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory is about choosing what you want to be when you grow up, and finding out you still have to wait tables on the weekends. The book follows one year in the life of an adjunct instructor who takes on side jobs as an ice cream man, stand-up comedian, haunted house character, and Billy Graham Crusader.