October 14, 2024 Threat or Tool? Artificial Intelligence in an Evolving Entertainment Industry By: Kate Johnson In 2023, the Recording Academy faced a new dilemma: is a song eligible for the Grammys if it…
November 6, 2015 Migos Break from 300 Entertainment: An Experiment with the White Establishment Concluded By Ryan Switzer To describe Migos’ rise to hip-hop glory as meteoric would not only be an understatement but a…
February 19, 2014 OPINION: The Brown Paper Bag Test of Oppression: A Look at Bizzle’s Response to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love” By: Darrian Stacy What happens when you cross a pop-like rapper and a Christian rapper on the fringe of their…
September 23, 2013 Hip-Hop: Music’s Most Powerful Political Platform By: Russel Abad Hip-hop is the best-selling music genre worldwide. As an art form that thrives on lyricism over instrumentation,…
April 24, 2012 What Happened to the Political Protest Song? By: Emily Kopp “The times they are a changin’.” No, really. The U.S. federal executive branch continues to expand its…
June 22, 2011 The Soundtrack to Revolution By: Khalil Farah “Our greatest enemies are Pershing missiles and Western music” -A. Vellamaa, Russian CP official: Mr. Vellamaa’s remarks…