It’s always awkward telling people what I do for a living. I’m a rapper. I also work as a professor of hip-hop. I work at the intersection of artmaking and academic research. I write music as part of ...

Though critics and fans disagree on its exact start and end dates, many have labeled the period stretching from 1987 to 1996 the “Golden Age of Hip-Hop.” With heavy groundwork laid by Run DMC, the ...

I’m no stranger to random epiphanies, but strangely enough, one hit me while attending a rap concert earlier this year. Now, for context, when I’m at a concert, especially those of the hip-hop ...