Duke Hip-Hop

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

"Researchers found that between 2005 and 2014, refugees and asylees here from 1980 on contributed $63 billion more to government revenues than they used in public services." https://t.co/uHIVNVqTtr @PublicI

[Complex @Complex]

"Material things ain't nothing, you feel me? At the end of the day it's who you is."

Nipsey will be missed.

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

"As of 2016, Black women represent 2% of all full professors. In fact, out of all the full-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, Black women only represent 3% of all faculty. We need more." -- @MPC0407 https://t.co/Vdpy4uLzQb #BlackWomensHistoryMonth

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Kicking off class with our first guest sitting in @NewBlackMan @rapsody

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First class of 2019 History of Hip-Hop kicking off...with @NewBlackMan & @9thwonder...can you spot @rapsody visiting us tonight? #hiphop

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Beyond Beats and Rhymes https://t.co/zPOU624rcy #NowPlaying

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The Art of Mastery https://t.co/seK610vGXk #NowPlaying

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“When we talk about hip-hop, we talk about record sales, rap beef...we very rarely discuss the aesthetics that connect to artistic mastery.” @NewBlackMan #historyofhiphop

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“We think of black art as disposable, easy, something that everyone can do.”@NewBlackMan #historyofhiphop

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“Why do we think about black art as different, in the context of ageism?” @NewBlackMan #historyofhiphop

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The Abney and Ewoodzie Playlist https://t.co/O6NuxXQlN8 #NowPlaying

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"Black Panther forces us to ask a lot of important questions." @piko_e

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"We have to insist for our human that for black people to be a *peoples*." @piko_e

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"What if the root of blackness is not in Africa, are we okay with that?" @piko_e #historyofhiphop

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Artist, Nina Chanel Abney joins our Duke History of Hip Hop class tonight to present her paintings. @ninachanel #dukehiphopclass

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"If the black body is already seen as pathological, what does it mean to queer the black body?" @NewBlackMan & @piko_e discussing hip-hop and LGBTQ issues #historyofhiphop

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@piko_e discussing his book“Break Beats in the Bronx: Rediscovering Hip-Hop’s Early Years” #historyofhiphop

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@ninachanel visited class to have a conversation with @NewBlackMan on what inspires her work,… https://t.co/BsDzgaKbyU

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“My work is definitely about starting a conversation, about different issues.” @ninachanel

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Student : "In what ways did your work engage a black audience?" @ninachanel "Social media, instagram alone has brought more black people to my work. Artists like Swiss also helped too."