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Marcyliena Morgan, a scholar of global hip-hop culture who was denied tenure under former University President Lawrence H. Summers, will be returning to Harvard in January with her husband, Lawrence D. Bobo, a prominent sociologist of race...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Spat with Summers, Af-Am ‘Dream Team’ Profs Return to Harvard | 9/14/2007 | See Source »

Marcyliena Morgan, a scholar of global hip-hop culture who was denied tenure under University President Lawrence H. Summers, will be returning to Harvard this January with her husband, Lawrence D. Bobo, a prominent sociologist of race...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Morgan, Bobo To Return | 9/12/2007 | See Source »

Africa has long been renowned for its musical heritage, but it's only comparatively recently that the continent has been exporting it abroad. Youssou N'Dour and the Senegal born hip-hop artist Akon may have broken into the pop mainstream, but both had to conform to Western tastes and styles of music in order to do so. Nuru Kane, the continent's latest musical wunderkind, hopes to change that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixing Music and Politics in Africa | 9/4/2007 | See Source »

...friend and band co-founder, trumpeter Clifford Brown, he tumbled into a severe depression. When he surfaced Roach pushed himself into new endeavors: agitating for racial equality, writing music for playwright Sam Shepard, leading an acclaimed percussionists-only band and irking traditionalists by giving a concert with hip-hop's Fab Five Freddy. Of his restless reinventions, he said, "You can't write the same book twice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 3, 2007 | 8/23/2007 | See Source »

...dancing suggestively with a fan who was later revealed to be only 14. The video attracted the ire of conservatives like Bill O'Reilly. In the wake of the controversy, Akon's tour sponsor, Verizon, removed all ringtones featuring his work and retracted its sponsorship. The message was clear: Hip-hop needs a new and improved product...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hip-hop's Down Beat | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

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