u.net has been studying hip hop culture, African American history and radical movements for years. In addition to the seminal Renegades of funk, he has published Bigger than hip hop, Louder than a Bomb, Stand 4 What! and Original London Style for Agenzia X. With Paradise the Architect (X Clan) he published No Half Steppin’ (Wax Poetics Books, 20016). He is also the author of the documentary Unstoppable on the origins of Hip Hop in London.
In 2019 u.net won the prestigious NAS Fellowship at the Harvard Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute.
Since 2006 he has participated in debates and conferences in the main US universities; u.net also writes regularly for Alias (Il Manifesto) and Billborad Italia.
Publications
- 2006 – Bigger Than Hip Hop (Agenzia X)
- 2009 – Renegades of Funk (Agenzia X)
- 2012 – Louder Than a Bomb (Agenzia X)
- 2015 – Don’t Believe the Hype
- 2016 – No Halfsteppin (WaxPoetics)
- 2016 – Unstoppable
- 2018 – Stand 4 What (Agenzia X)
- 2022 – Original London Style (Agenzia X)