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Hip-hop and the presidency
Published April 29, 2024
Bakari Kitwana
Bakari Kitwana, a distinguished visiting scholar in the Department of Africana and American Studies, is an internationally known cultural critic, journalist and activist in the areas of hip-hop and Black youth political engagement.
Kitwana has been involved in countless projects that document the intersection of hip-hop and electoral politics.
That includes debating Bill O'Reilly on Fox News and Tavis Smiley on PBS, and leading town hall discussions around the country with Van Jones, Eddie Glaude, Cornel West, Adam Mansbach, Chance the Rapper, Talib Kweli, Latosha Brown, Bun B, Chuck D, Michael Eric Dyson and many others.
He has served as editor-in-chief of The Source magazine and as editorial director of Third World Press.
His essays and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday and more. For the past decade, he has lectured and given keynote talks