Hip Hop Studies is a growing field in academia led by the work of scholars like Patrick Douthit, the hip-hop producer and artist better known as 9th Wonder.
A new documentary, “Hip Hop Fellow,” follows 9th’s teaching experiences during his fellowship at Harvard University. The film premiers at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham next weekend.
What is a Hip Hop PhD? Did we get a degree from the institution or from the culture?- Hip-Hop Producer 9th Wonder
Today on The State of Things, hip-hop experts raised questions about what defines a standard album and what's the significance of hip hop's frequent sampling of the works of jazz, soul and blues artists? Douthit walks listeners through the connection between Ahmad Jamal's "I Love Music" and Nas' "The World is Yours" from the classic album Illmatic.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Douthit; director Kenneth Price; and Duke University African and African-American studies professor Mark Anthony Neal.
Here's the trailer for the film:
http://youtu.be/612EqXJfOhE
