Prep
- Mychal Denzel Smith, ‘Confessions of a Conscious Rap Fan’, Pitchfork (28 June 2022)
- Audio: ‘Kendrick Lamar’s Anxiety Era’, Popcast (24 May 2022)
- Video: ‘Do the Knowledge’, Hip-Hop Evolution S2E3 (2018)
In Class
- Attendance/SMALL GROUP HUDDLES
- Q&A: If hip-hop is protest music, then what’s with all the gaybashing?
- Reading Notes for Next Time
- Kembrew McLeod, ‘Authenticity Within Hip-Hop and Other Cultures Threatened With Assimilation’ (password-protected PDF), in Forman and Neal (2012)
- Audio: TBD
- Video: Adam Neely, ‘Why Are There So Few Cover Rap Songs?’ (22 September 2022)
