Prep
- Davarian Baldwin, ‘Black Empires, White Desires: The Spatial Politics of Identity in the Age of Hip-Hop’, (password-protected PDF) in Forman and Neal (2012)
In Class
- Attendance
- Q&A: Was gangsta rap the real conscious rap?
- Reading Notes for Next Time
- Tricia Rose, ‘Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile’, in Forman and Neal (2004)
- Audio: ‘Saweetie, City Girls, and the Female Rapper Renaissance’, Popcast (29 November 2020)
