Bomb the Suburbs

Bomb The Suburbs is a collection of essays by William Upski Wimsatt, a former graffiti tagger. It is a mix of storytelling, journalism, photojournalism and original research, on a broad range of topics, such as suburban sprawl, hip hop culture, youth activism, graffiti, and Chicago. In the book Wimsatt presents hip hop as a force for social justice and political change.

Reception

The editor of Newcity has identified Bomb the Suburbs as "perhaps the definitive work of hip-hop literature".
Bomb The Suburbs led to subsequent books and political activism. In an essay in his No More Prisons compilation, entitled "In Defense of Rich Kids", Wimsatt responded to class based critique of his social privilege: