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Outkast and the Rise of the Hip-Hop South

June 15, 2021June 14, 2021 Grace D. Gipson hip hop, music, South

“The South got something to say!” This call to arms from Outkast member André Benjamin (better known as André 3000)

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Black Women’s Contributions to Hip-Hop Beyond the Mic

May 14, 2021June 5, 2021 Shaun Armstead Gender, hip hop, masculinity, music

When Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB) adorned his 1995 debut album, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version,

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Hip-Hop in the Trump Era

April 12, 2019August 12, 2022 Bianki Torres black intellectual history, capitalism, music, race, racism, Resistance, white supremacy

I found out about Kanye West’s October 2018 meeting with Donald Trump through memes on social media. At first, I

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Rediscovering Hip-Hop’s Early Years: An Interview with Joseph Ewoodzie

November 21, 2017November 25, 2017 Darryl Robertson hip hop, New York

In today’s post, Darryl Robertson, a graduate student at Fordham University, interviews Joseph C. Edwoodzie about his new book Break Beats in

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On Hip-Hop, Teaching, and Social Justice: An Interview with A.D. Carson

April 10, 2017April 13, 2017 Darryl Robertson #HipHopSeries

This month I interviewed A.D. Carson, a performance artist and educator from Decatur, Illinois. He is currently a Ph.D. Candidate

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