“Swinging While I’m Singing”: Spike Lee, Public Enemy, and the Message in the Music
“1989, a number, another summer, sound of the funky drummer” —Public Enemy, “Fight the Power” The scene may be the
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Lupe Fiasco’s “Manillas” and the Material Culture of Anti-Black Violence
In Lupe Fiasco’s seventh album, Droga’s Wave, he unveils how the historic legacies of transatlantic slavery connect with contemporary Black
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Hip-Hop in the Trump Era
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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The Historical Significance of Black Queer Films
In the context of the reemergence of Black nationalist rhetoric and ideologies in hip-hop music in the late 1980s and
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Cardi B. and Black Women’s Political Discourse
In January 2019, rapper Belcalis Almánzar, popularly known as Cardi B., took to social media to condemn President Trump for
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