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Music is an expressive voice of a culture, often more so than literature. While jazz and rap are musical genres popular among people of numerous racial and social backgrounds, they …
FOX's musical drama Empire has been hailed as the savior of broadcast television, drawing 15 million viewers a week. A "e;hip-hopera"e; inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear …
For years Rap artists have met with mixed reception--acclaimed by fans yet largely overlooked by scholars. Focusing on 135 tracks from 56 artists, this survey appraises the …
Black celebrities in America have always walked a precarious line between their perceived status as spokespersons for their race and their own individual success----and between …
Eminem is the best-selling musical artist of the 21st century. He is also one of the most contentious and most complex artists of our time. His verbal dexterity ranks him among the …
The volume is a collection of scholarly essays and personal responses that contextualizes Hamilton: An American Musical in various frameworks: hip-hop theatre and history, American …