Hip Hop Activism Reconsidered
Fight the Power: Breakin Down Hip Hop Activism, co-edited by provocative and Fiercely intelligent Hip Hop heads Arash Daneshzadeh, Anthony J. Nocella II, Chandra Ward, and Ahmad Washington, is a...
Category: Hip-Hop
Women Tell the Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of the Hip-Hop Political Convention
Rosa Clemente, Dereca Blackmon and Dr. Dawn-Elissa Fischer joined the show this week to share some of the untold history behind the rise and fall of the 2004 National Hip-Hop Political Convention.*...
Hip-Hop, Celebrity, and the #MOBP
Back again with DaveyD and Hard Knock Radio for this wide-ranging discussion of the political economy of fame.
An Open Letter from Original Black Panther Party Members to Black (Hip-Hop) Artists Who Have an Interest in Our Community (T.I., KILLER MIKE, CARDI B, KANYE WEST, BEYONCE’, JAY-Z, P-DIDDY, LUDACRIS, 50-CENT, and others)
Greetings and Solidarity to each of you. In recognition of your individual voice, influence, and cultural following among current generations of Black people/Africans in the Diaspora and on the...
Imprisoned People and Ideas with Dr. Joy James
https://youtu.be/LFpiHaXQgoI
Dr. Joy James joined us for this hour to discuss her work on "Imprisoned Intellectuals" and the particular placement of Black revolutionary women and mothers.*...
The Origins of Police Violence
Head Roc · "Police Origins" w/ "Tarzan" from Head-Roc's "NEGROPHOBIA!" LP (2005)
It was an honor to have been part of this classic track from Head-Roc.
Remembering Justo Faison and Hip-Hop’s Debt to the Mixtape
This was an incredible discussion with Regan Sommer McCoy curator of the Mixtape Museum! We talked about the history of mixtapes and their special relationship to hip-hop and, of course, discussed...
Jay-Z, Hip-Hop and the Propulsion of Buying Power Mythology
It was indeed a pleasure to be back with DaveyD and Hard Knock Radio! Here is PART ONE of our discussion which began with Jay-Z, hip-hop and the propulsion of buying power mythology. And then CHECK...
