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Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment

  • Written by Roy Whitaker, Associate Professor of Africana Philosophy of Religions and American Religious Diversity, San Diego State University
Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowermentThe exhibit "Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures" at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2023.Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images

It is perhaps only natural, as hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary, that people look to the genre’s future. But for some rappers, the...

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