Nas and Michael Eric Dyson talk about Illmatic and hip-hop’s recent role in the academy during a discussion at Georgetown University. Related posts: 2010 JazzReggae Festival At UCLA Presented By Scion Media Questions Of The Week Media Questions Of The Week Nas-A Queens StoryContinue Reading
[youtube]r3-7Y0xG89Q[/youtube] A cast of thinkers, rappers, poets and academics assembled in London on June 26th at the Barbican for the Intelligence Squared and Google+ debate titled, ‘Hip-Hop on Trial: Hip-Hop Doesn’t Enhance Society, It Degrades it.’ The debate was streamed live and moderated by Jemima Khan who took questions fromContinue Reading
March 16, 2009 — Have African-American intellectuals abandoned the Civil Rights Movement? Do black academics need to reengage the larger community, and if so, how? What is the relationship between contemporary politics and popular culture? Some of the nation’s most prominent African-American writers and thinkers will address these questions andContinue Reading