Det finnes en omfattende litteratur om emnet, både om Tupac og Hip-hop. En vkitig del ved studiet er at studentene selv skal finne fram til litteratur og kilder som kan være med på å supplere og korrigere perspektivene i emnet.
Foreløpig leseliste
- Jeffries, Michael P. 2011: Thug Life. Race, Gender, and The Meaning of Hip-Hop. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 230 s.
- Dyson, Michael Eric 2006: Holler if You Hear Me. Searching for Tupac Shakur, New York: Basic Civitas Books. 250 sider
- Holen, Øyvind 2004: Hiphop-hoder : fra Beat Street til bygde-rap. Oslo: Spartacus. 350 sider.
- Fanon, Franz 2008: Black skin, white masks. New York: Grove Press. Finnes i flere utgaver. 200 sider.
- Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. 2005, 2009: Hip-Hop Revolution. The Culture and Politics of Rap. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 200 s.
I tillegg kommer artikler om utvalgte temaer, tilgjengelig elektronisk:
- Aukrust, Knut 2004: Me Against the World. Avmaktens konfigurasjoner i rap-musikken
- Aukrust, Knut 2011: Samtaler ved Cajamarca. Fortellinger om religion og humanitet.
- Barrett, Lindon 1999: Dead Men Printed: Tupac Shakur, Biggie Small and Hip-Hop Eulogy.
- Blackburn, Regina Naasirah 2004: Preserveing Hip Hop Culture.
- Du Bois, W.E.B. 1903: The Souls of Black Folk. Introduction and Chapt 1.
- Fanon, Frantz 1952: The Fact of Blackness
- Fagerheim, Paal 2010: Nordnorsk faenskap. Produksjon, ritualisering og identifikasjon rap (utvalgte kaptiler).
- Forman, M & M.A. Neal 2004: That's the Joint! The Hip-Hop Studies Reader Utvalgte artikler.
- Gosa, Travis L. 2010 : Not Another Remix: How Obama Became the First Hip-Hop President.
- Guaman Poma de Ayala, Felipe 1516: The capture and execution of Tupac Amaru Inka
- Henderson, Errol A. 1996: Black Nationalism and Rap Music
- Holen, Øyvind 2010: Gangster og Gentleman
- Johnson, Kenneth D. 2011: Five Theses on th Globalization of Thug Life and 21st Century Missions.
- Kubrin, Charis E. 2005: “I see death around the corner”. Nihilism in Rap Music
- Neal, Mark Anthony 2003: Tupac’s Book Shelf
- Newton, Huey P.: Utvalgte artikler
- The death of Tupac Amaru II
- Machiavelli, Niccolò 1532/1998: Fyrsten – utvalgte kapitler. Finnes som ebok: http://www.nb.no/utlevering/contentview.jsf?urn=URN:NBN:no-nbdigibok2008080604019#&struct=DIV2
Lesetips for sommeren:
Shakur, Tupac Amaru 2009: The Rose That Grew From Concrete. MTV Books
Ardis, Angela 2004: Inside a Thug’s Hearth. With orginal poems and letters by Tupac Shakur. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Sommerens spilleliste
All Eyez On Me (All Eyez On Me)
Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II) (Still I Rise)
Black Jesuz (Still I Rise)
Blasphemy (The Don Killuminati. The 7 Day Theory)
Brenda's Got a Baby (2Pacalypse Now)
Changes (Greatest Hits)
Dear Mama (Me Against the World)
Ghetto Star (Better Dayz)
God Bless The Dead (Greatest Hits)
Hail Mary (The Don Killuminati. The 7 Day Theory)
Hit 'em Up (Greatest Hits)
Holla if You Hear Me (Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z.)
How Long Will They Mourn Me? (Thug Life)
I Ain't Mad at Cha (All Eyez On Me)
I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto (R U Still Down? (Remember Me))
Keep Ya Head Up (Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.)
Life Goes On (All Eyez On Me)
Lord Knows (Me Against the World)
Me Against the World (Me Against the World)
My Block (Remix) (Better Dayz)
Never Call U Bitch Again (Better Dayz)
Nothin But Love (R U Still Down? (Remember Me))