• 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

1. 1. Attendance
   2. Q&A: What do we mean when we talk about ‘authenticity’ in hip-hop?
   3. Reading Notes for Next Time

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)