Hip-Hop in Times of Pandemic and Protest
Hip-Hop in Times of Pandemic and Protestis a series of four Wednesday evening events in March, 2021 that explorethe impacts, challenges, and possibilities of the current moment in Hip-Hop. Focusing on issues of representation, politics, performance, and pedagogy, these events are a collaboration with Kalonji Nzinga, Director of the Race and Popular Culture Laboratory (RAPLab) and have been funded by the generous support of a Roser Grant and the cooperation of 鶹ѰBoulder’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS) and the Department of Theatre and Dance.In collaboration with this series, the Latin American Studies Center and the Musicology Graduate Students Association sponsored and will host a presentationand talkbackon Indigenous Hip Hop on Thursday, March 4.
All events are online, free, and open to the public. For information and details about each of the events and for their individual Zoom event links, please click on thelinks below (hover over the event title).We hope you can join us.
"Hip-Hop as Sacred Medicine?: Thoughts on Boujee Natives, Indigenous Rap Music, and NdN Popular Culture"
By Kyle Mays (University of California, Los Angeles)
Wednesday, March 3 at 6:00 pm (MST)
Event Recording Posted
Liberato Kani & Mare Lirika: Presentation and Talkback
Hosted and sponsored by theLatin American Studies Centerand the Musicology Graduate Students
Thursday, March 4 from 4:00 -5:30 pm (MST)
Event Recording Posted
Shades of Honey
An evening of spoken word, rap, art and community. Curated by Karia Whitewith Assétou Xango as Master of Ceremonies
Wednesday, March 10 at 6:00 pm (MST)
Event Recording Posted
“Sounding Politics,” A Roundtable
FeaturingSacramento Knoxx,The Reminders, Rennie Harris,and Linqua Franqa.Moderated by Michael Jeffries (Wellesley University).
Wednesday, March 17 at 6:00 pm (MST)
Event Recording Posted
“At The Crossroads of Hip-Hop and Education: Reimagining the Corner as Classroom”
Featuring Bettina Love (University of Georgia), Stephen Brackett,and Jidenna. Moderated by Kalonji Nzinga.
Wednesday, March 24 at 6:00 pm (MST)