As a rap artist who is also a professor of hip-hop, I always make it a point to have my songs reviewed by other artists I admire. So when I released “i used to love to dream” – my latest album – in ...

Maurice Johnson is a college professor in Tallahassee whose unique teaching style and commitment to education grabbed the attention of faculty and students at Florida A&M University and, more recently ...

Before Jason Rawls collaborated with some of the most well-known names in hip-hop — Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), Talib Kweli, Pro Era and the Beastie Boys, just to name a few — he was like ...

Jessica Williams was shot and killed by San Francisco police on May 19, 2015, after being pulled over for driving a stolen car. When she heard the news, Andrea Clay joined a protest at the site of the ...

Beyoncé’s 2017 Grammy Awards performance of “Take My Hand, Precious Lord,” may not be the typical start to a class at Georgetown University. But for professor Michael Eric Dyson, pop-cultural emblems ...

The gravel rumbles as a unique-looking school bus passes over the black tar. The bus is painted light silver with blue, orange and yellow depictions of various hip-hop artists in waves of color along ...

Evelyn Nien-Ming Chi’en is always listening. Holding her breath, trying to catch that curious resonance that makes a moment complete. “I was up in the Adirondacks recently, and there was this lake ...

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[Amar Bains/The Daily Pennsylvanian] Rutgers law professor Imani Perry speaks about the artistic merit of hip hop and how it relates to modern racism. Underneath its often vulgar exterior, hip hop ...

As a rap artist who is also a professor of hip-hop, I always make it a point to have my songs reviewed by other artists I admire. So when I released “i used to love to dream” – my latest album – in ...