Blues Culture and the Roots of Hip Hop February 18, 2007

SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 18 • 3:00 PM
Book Talk: Blues Culture and the Roots of Hip Hop

Jelani Cobb, author of To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic (New York University Press, 2007), explores the ways in which the blues has influenced the lyrical structures of hip hop, informed its themes, and become a cornerstone for the most popular music of our time. Presented in conjunction with Black Style Now.

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