1. album: 4:44 by Jay Z. book: This is how you lose her by Junot Díaz. 2. album: A Seat at the Table by Solange. book: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. 3. album: DAMN. By Kendrick Lamar. book: The Beautiful Struggles by Ta-Nehisi Coates. 4. album: To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar. book: Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. 5. album: Lemonade by Beyoncé. book: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. 6. album: Nothing Was The Same by Drake. book: Solo by Kwamw Alexander w/ Mary Rand Hess. 7. album: Anti by Rihanna. book: God Help the Child by Toni Morrison. 8. album: The Cool by Lupe Fiasco. book: March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell. 9. album: The Life of Pablo by Kayne West. book: Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching by Mychal Denzel Smith. 10. album: 4 Your Eyes Only by J. Cole. book: Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward. 11. album: Confessions by Usher. book: Tayari Jones by Silver Sparrow. 12. album: Culture by Migos. book: the Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang. 13. album: CTRL by SZA. book: Surpassing Certainty. 14. album: Baduizm by Eryka Badu. book: the Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon. 15. album: TRAP by 2 Chainz. book: American Street by Ibi Zoboi. 16. album: Awaken, My Love by Childish Gambino. book: a Kind of Freedom by Margret Wilkerson Sexton. 17. album: Ego Death by The Internet. book: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Street of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. 18. album: Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper. book: Shadow Shaper by Daniel José Older. 19. album/song: Bodak Yellow by Cardi B. book: the Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera.