Panel Discussion on Hip-Hop and Literature

Panelists talked about hip-hop and literature. Panelists included MK Asante, author of Buck: A Memoir; Michael Eric Dyson, author of Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop; James B. Paterson, author of The Hip-Hop Underground and African American Culture: Beneath the Surface; Marcyliena Morgan, author of The Real Hiphop: Battling for Knowledge, Power, and Respect in the LA Underground; and Joan Morgan, author of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip=Hop Feminist Breaks It Down.

“Decoded: Hip-Hop and Youth Culture” was part of the 13th National Black Writers Conference, which took place from March 31-April 3, 2016, in New York City, and was sponsored by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College.

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