CFP: Hip Hop at 50
The music journalist Sidney Shaw, the leading female character in the 2002 movie Brown Sugar, opened each of her interviews
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Queen Latifah and the Legacies of Black Power
Dana Elaine Owens, also known as Queen Latifah, is renowned for her dynamic acting roles in films and TV series
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A Mortal Man’s Heart: Kendrick Lamar and Black Masculinity
We haven’t heard from Kendrick Lamar (as far as solo projects) since the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning album DAMN. Kendrick
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Outkast and the Rise of the Hip-Hop 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
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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