Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author and podcaster Jeff Chang sits for a portrait in his home office in Berkeley, California, on Saturday, September 6, 2025.

The first step was easy. A book editor, impressed by Jeff Chang‘s acclaimed 2005 cultural history of hip-hop, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop,” asked if he’d consider writing a book on Bruce Lee, the martial ...

The author Jeff Chang wrote “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop,” widely considered one of the seminal books on the roots of hip-hop, in 2005. As a follow-up, he signed a contract to write a biography of the late ...