The Hip Hop Pedagogy and Innovative Prose of Rakim Allah
It was the summer of 1986 in Chicago, and my eleven-year-old self was engaged in an intense debate with my
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On Hip Hop and Growing Up in Philadelphia: An Interview with MK Asante
This month I interviewed MK Asante. Asante is a best-selling author, award-winning filmmaker, recording artist, and professor. He studied at the University of
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The Life and Music of Florence Price: An Interview with Rae Linda Brown
In today’s post, Ashleigh Gordon, a world-renowned, award-winning violist and New England Conservatory alumna (Castle of Our Skins, Callithumpian Consort,
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Hip Hop, Masculinity, and “The Get Down”
Why does it seem like hip hop can handle only a handful of prominent female MCs at a time? Roxanne
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“What’s Going On?”: Race, Brutality, and Injustice Since Rodney King
On April 2, 1939, legendary R&B and soul singer Marvin Gaye was born. Known for a body of masterpieces, his
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