Image Weaponry and The Cuban Example

Jared Ball Articles, Media Studies

I and some others were asked recently by Dhoruba bin-Wahad to consider the story (below) from Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post at the end of 2017 called “History through Cuban Eyes: Noticiero ICAIC.”  Specifically, we were being asked by bin-Wahad to produce stories and more discussion around the politics of art, media and popular culture…

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Hip-Hop’s Still Troubled Narrative: A Requiem for C. Delores Tucker

Jared Ball Articles, Hip-Hop, Africana Studies, Media Studies, Panels & Presentations

“Rap is not pop.  If you call it that then stop.” – Q-Tip, A Tribe Called Quest, “Check The Rhime” “Let them know your logo, not a black thing, My background sing, my background sing for the crossover…” Erick Sermon, EPMD, “Crossover” Say what you want about her but when it comes to the issue of elite corporations…

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