Prep
- DUE: Annotated Bibliography HW
- Kembrew McLeod, ‘Authenticity Within Hip-Hop and Other Cultures Threatened With Assimilation’ (password-protected PDF), in Forman and Neal (2012)
- Video: Adam Neely, ‘Why Are There So Few Cover Rap Songs?’ (22 September 2022)
In Class
- Attendance
- Q&A: What do we mean when we talk about ‘authenticity’ in hip-hop?
- Reading Notes for Next Time
- Paul Gilroy, ‘It’s a Family Affair’ (password-protected PDF), in Neal and Forman (2012)
- Audio: ‘Allah B of the Nation of Gods and Earths’, The Cipher Show 151 (18 April 2016). Peace! We trace the history of the Nation of Gods and Earths – and its influence on hip-hop – with one of its earliest members.
- Video: An Overview of Afrocentricity with Dr Molefi Kete Asante, AfricentricTV (4 July 2021)
