by Jared Ball | May 19, 2018 | Panels & Presentations, The Myth of Black "Buying Power"
It was an honor to be invited by the Conscious Black Business Network Communiversity Lecture Series in Baltimore, MD. to discuss the Myth of Black Buying Power on the 93rd birthday of Malcolm X. Myth Of Buying Power (Audio) by Jared Ball | imixwhatilike.org...
by Jared Ball | May 11, 2018 | Media Criticism, Panels & Presentations
Drs. Ball, Bolden and Burroughs, “The Killer Bs,” sat down for an “impromptu radio” formatted discussion of Burroughs’ new book, Marvel’s Black Panther: A Comic Book Biography, From Stan Lee To Ta-Nehisi Coates and more… UPDATED...
by Jared Ball | May 3, 2018 | Hip-Hop, Panels & Presentations, Pop Culture, Videos
Drs. Mark Bolden and Jared Ball had initially worked to bring Maimouna Youssef to Morgan State University for an Artist-in-Residence, a re-creation of the Dave Chappelle Block Party (in which she also participated) and to create workshops for students. Well, Youssef...
by Jared Ball | Mar 30, 2018 | Africana Studies, Hip-Hop, imwil!, Panels & Presentations, Pop Culture, Videos
Why is teaching hip-hop important at Historically Black Colleges and Universities? Who owns hip-hop? How does popular culture foster or build intergenerational unity? What are the politics of fame? [dzs_video source=”https://youtu.be/qNg71R-l2Jc”...
by iMWiL Contributor | Mar 1, 2018 | Articles, Panels & Presentations, Pop Culture
The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of...
by Jared Ball | Oct 28, 2017 | Africana Studies, Articles, Hip-Hop, Media Criticism, Panels & Presentations, Pop Culture
This was a brief talk, based on the work which follows below, given at this year’s Hip-Hop Pedagogy Conference held at LaGuardia Community College in New York City. Hip-Hop Pedagogy Conference 2017 Presentation Hip-Hop’s Still Troubled Narrative (or A Requiem...
