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 the late great Justo Faison founder of the Mixtape Awards!
Read moreReMiX What i Like! A Fresh Look at iMWiL! w DaveyD
Given all the latest developments with propaganda and Facebook, attacks on Net Neutrality, and media consolidation hip-hop historian and journalist DaveyD thought it a good time for a fresh look at i Mix What i Like: A Mixtape Manifesto.
Read moreImage Weaponry and The Cuban Example
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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