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Hip-hop can document life in America more reliably than history books

  • Written by A.D. Carson, Associate Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
Hip-hop can document life in America more reliably than history booksFaculty, staff and students, including then-Ph.D. student A.D. Carson, protest at Clemson University in 2016.AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins

Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school’s “first” hip-hop professor. Even if the job title and the historic nature of the appointment...

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