by kspence | Jul 6, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Hip-hop, Obama, Sex and Sexuality
A few weeks ago, the Baltimore Sun profiled local gay MCs in the wake of Obama's shift on same-sex marriage. They asked me how long would it be before a gay MCs record became a hit. I told them that we were about five years out from a gay MC hitting the charts...
by kspence | Jun 28, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Education, Hip-hop, The Mass Media
Tagged "the world's premier forum for debate" Intelligence Squared recently partnered with Google to conduct a debate on hip-hop, featuring almost a dozen scholars, activists, policy analysts, with a couple of MCs thrown in to boot. The debate lasted for...
by kspence | Jun 18, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Culture, Education, Hip-hop, Pop Culture |
A couple of weeks ago we held the finals of The Baltimore Mixtape Project. It was the kickoff event of Mobilizing and Organizing from Below. The event was far better than I could've possibly imagined, particularly given its shoestring nature. Most importantly it...
by kspence | May 26, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Hip-hop
Late last year, a group of people came together to promote locally produced politically progressive hip-hop by means of a contest. We would give cash prizes to the best hip-hop and spoken word artist that deals with the school to prison pipeline, an issue that's...
by kspence | May 10, 2012 | Black Politics, Black Popular Culture, Gender and Politics |
Folks reacted to the Trayvon Martin tragedy in a number of ways, many taking advantage of social media. In fact it's pretty safe to say that without social media, Zimmerman would never have been charged. But some of the reactions themselves contain...
by kspence | May 8, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Hip-hop, Pop Culture
I knew I'd name the title of my book Stare in the Darkness as soon as I knew my book would be about rap, hip-hop, and black politics. Thought it was a dope title. But I wanted to pay homage to Rakim. Even though he wasn't as prolific as Run DMC, as the Beastie...
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