I just did this interview for the Washington Post TV show called On Background to discuss the social and political implications of a hip hop movement that is now 40 years old. The other members of the panel were Johns Hopkins Professor Lester Spence, whose book Stare in the Darkness has received a great deal of well-deserved attention, and The Washington Post’s Clinton Yates.
Hi Doc!
I was thinking about you while watching the documentary about the Sugar Hill Gang. If you haven’t seen it, I think you’ll be shocked. It’s on Netflix. It’ll be great for your class.
I Want My Name Back
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1872082/
Thirty years after recording “Rapper’s Delight,” Master Gee & Wonder Mike come back to reclaim their identities and rightful place in Hip Hop history.
I hope all is well. I miss taking your classes.
Be well.
Tammy
Thanks, Tammy. I will definitely check this out.
I am teaching African American lit. again this term (plenty of hip hop, of course) and wish you were in it!
very good, the old image of the history of hip hop