Word: rapping
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Panel discussions will focus on topics like recent trends in rap music, the relationship between the artists, their communities and their music; and the myths and reality of hip-hop culture...
Other featured speakers include Michael Eric Dyson, a University of North Carolina professor and author of the recently-released Between God and Gangsta Rap, and Dream Hampton, editor-in-chief of the magazine Rap Pages...
According to Bloodworth, the purpose of the conference is "to look at rap music, where it started, where it's going and some of the issues and problems it faces...
...Unlike other music genres, rap artists have always been part entertainer, part spokesperson for their community and part role model," Bloodworth said...
Despite the recent controversy surrounding rap, Bloodworth said he did not expect much negative criticism of rap to come from the conference...