Tupac is proof that being young, marginal and Black does not necessarily mean being powerless.
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With Harris and Trump locked in a dead heat, getting their supporters to sing, scream and dance can cultivate an aura of inevitable electoral triumph.
The AI train has left the station. Now, guardrails need to be hastily built to keep the technology from running the music industry off the tracks.
Since rap’s emergence, artists have boasted about themselves in ways that were funny and sometimes violent, vulgar and sexist. The popularity of the music and its exploitation can be dangerous.
Afrofuturism, a mix of science fiction, magic realism and liberation politics, has shaped some hip-hop artists’ work for decades.
A study of fan reactions to ABBA’s virtual Voyage tour highlights the ethical questions being raised by advances in holographic technology.
From Tupac to Jay-Z, many a rap artist has set pen to paper to pay homage to the women who gave them birth.
Since rap music emerged in mainstream culture in the late 1980s, politicians have derided its lyrics and imagery as violent. Over the years, rap has become an easy target to blame for violence.
Since rap music emerged in mainstream culture in the late 1980s, conservatives have derided its lyrics and imagery as violent. But hip-hop artists argue those images reflect urban realities.
In voicing youthful outrage over inequality and violence, Bangladeshi rappers are creating a powerful form of protest music — just as American MCs have done for 40 years.
Tupac’s sensitivity, intelligence and creativity confronted the hostile forces that antagonized black youth across the country in the 1970s and 1980s.
Something really magical is happening at the intersection between jazz and hip-hop at the moment. Many of the artists involved will be playing at Africa’s foremost jazz festival.
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Associate Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
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Professor of History and Founding Director, Center for the Study of Popular Music, University of Connecticut
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Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of Religion, San Diego State University
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Associate professor, Auckland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Race and Media, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Popular Culture Researcher, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Musicology, Arts Leadership & Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative, Western Sydney University
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Honorary research affiliate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town