Michael Eric Dyson New York Hip Hop - Music, News, Information and Events - NYC, NY Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:34:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Georgetown Professor’s “Sociology of Hip Hop: Jay-Z” Course Receives Praise, Criticism https://www.birthplacemag.com/2011/12/jay-z-georgetown-course/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:46:06 +0000 http://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=10982 Georgetown Professor and author Michael Eric Dyson is teaching a course studying, from a sociological view, the lyrics and life story of rags-to-riches rap success story Jay-Z. While this isn't the first time a hip hop artist has become the subject of a collegiate course, the course is drawing mixed reactions.

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]]> Book Release – Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic https://www.birthplacemag.com/2009/11/book-release-born-to-use-mics-reading-nass-illmatic/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:15:35 +0000 http://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=1718 Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai collect the opinions of other writers regarding Nas' classic debut

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