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2011 wasn’t only a great year in music and pop-culture, it was also a great year in the literary and publishing world!

Top industry authors, business entrepreneurs, cultural critics, artists and designers took to the pen and pad and delivered some of the most engaging pieces of literary work in 2011.

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Several famed hip-hop artists also took to scribing beyond the normal sweet sixteen, creating insightful memoirs that turned down the smoke and mirrors of the entertainment industry and turned up their realities of struggle, failure, fame, addiction and redemption.

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Everything from the late, great Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty table book, to a trip down the first 25 years of Def Jam’s legacy – it’s all here.

Check out GlobalGrind’s gallery of the Top 11 Hip-Pop Books of 2011!