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Dr. Naledge

2 years

I’m a music industry veteran with over twenty years of experience working with numerous Grammy award winning musicians. It’s reality. Not a joke.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

3 years

So...I guess... I’m a DOCTOR.!!! 🤷🏾‍♂️🙏🏾✊🏾 #PHinisheD

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

5 months

A student of mine just completed an oral presentation on Kool G Rap’s lyrical narratives about the Luciano family and how they play into voyeuristic notions of Black and Italian masculinity as sold by corporate media organizations. 🤯

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7 months

In a year where 3000 told us all the reasons he didn’t want to rap, he gets a Grammy award for rapping the one verse we got… lol.

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4 years

I did a thing on Saturday....🥳🤵🏾👰🏽🖤 #evansovereverything

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

3 years

Happy to announce I’ve just accepted a Assistant Professor position at @uofsc in The School of Journalism and Mass Communication ( @uofsc_sjmc @uofsc_cic ) focusing on Race and Media. 🍾

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5 months

@lolbrandidenise You talked to her like a true social worker. Lol.

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3 years

Welcome to our crib. 🔑🏡🍾🙏🏾

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

5 years

Jay-Z will have more millenials Googling and researching gentrification/real estate than ever before. The same way he had us thinking about starting familes in 2014, buying art in 2010, wearing button-ups in 2004, drinking Belvedere in 2001 and renting Range Rovers in 1998.

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@Naledgesince82

1 year

You’re supposed to at some point, crack your own bottle open. It always stays but never full. Lol

Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi

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1 year

If you bring a bottle to the BBQ function but nobody cracks it open. Does possession revert back to the attendee or does the homeowner retain possession for use at a future function per BBQ Statute Code 54:4-9 ?

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4 years

Issa...PhD?

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5 years

@fakeshoredrive Jody Breeze

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

So excited to finally let people see what we've been working on. My FIRST producer credit combining two of the my favorite things in the world: hip-hop and the White Sox!

Chicago White Sox

@whitesox

1 year

The goal was a rebrand, the outcome was iconic. Fueled by hip-hop, the Sox ball cap is now a staple of music and fashion history. COMING SOON: Fitted in Black | @NewEraCap #HipHop50

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4 years

@DaRealSkeet @ShannonSharpe This doesn’t look all that peaceful lol

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

5 years

Came up on The Listening, came up in the rap game, til my idols said they was listening... @LittleBrotherNC @ADD2theMC @kidzinthehall

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

I really wish we did a Pac Div, Cool Kids Kidz in the Hall tour. I always felt it would have been appreciated.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

@safiyanoble I guess my thought is it hits harder as academia is holding on to ghosts that loom larger. There’s a widely accepted belief that Black ppl are just better at sports and entertainment and there’s no compensatory offering in academia besides hiring us to do DEI or AfAm Studies.

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4 months

@ToiWeezy I think this is where I realize social media should have a kiddie table. People in our cohort end up reading stuff that has less experience attached to it.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

4 years

Found out this morning I was awarded Top Student Paper in #ica_pop for my research on relational labor of Drill artists in Chicago. 😎 #ica20

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@Naledgesince82

5 years

I'll say this, I think @sabaPIVOT is the best rapper in Chicago at this moment.

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@Naledgesince82

4 years

And why is @fakeshoredrive not a label executive yet?

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@Naledgesince82

11 months

Pre-save the new album: "Kidz In The Hall - Adulting Anonymous" by Kidz In The Hall -

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he/him/his| Rapper, Author and Assistant Professor of Race and Media at UofSC

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

Just had a lovely conversation with a young woman on the T who told me that she listened to my music all the way through college and is now a graduate student at MIT. People really don’t understand how much moments like that mean to me.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

Very saddened to hear about the hit and run deaths that happened outside of Jeffrey Pub, a longtime haven for the Black LGBTQ community in Chicago.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

A moment in time. @phontigallo did the thang on here…

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@Naledgesince82 thanks for this 🙏🏾

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

8 years

I thank God for rap. I thank God someone enjoyed the raps.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

Couldn’t have been more proud of the success of @VicMensa and @chancetherapper before, but this event in 🇬🇭 has me totally in admiration of their evolution into building unity for young Black folks within the diaspora.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

Sitting @MIT watching @LupeFiasco teach about Homeboy Sandman is full circle to me. We went to @Penn together and spent many nights making records with @godouble0 … the amount of talent we had in that apartment is mind boggling.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

5 months

In many ways I am glad that Cam’ron and Mase brought OJ Simpson back into the zeitgeist and allowed him a bit of an outlet to remind us of how great of an athlete, personality and sports mind he truly was prior to the trial of the century.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

4 years

Btw. It’s my birthday. 🙌🏾

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

Harvard owes me nothing. It’s been an amazing experience to live and work in academic Hollywood. It is my hope that the relationships I have forged between myself and others will continue to grow and evolve over years as a potential faculty associate @bkcharvard .

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

🙏🏾🙌🏾 I heard we’re a Tik Tok away… lol

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2 years

Just had to be there….

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

“Black Twitter is like the Black dorm at a PWI – It has its own experiences, practices and discourse that support Black unity, but it operates and is sanctioned by a larger institution that is not necessarily structured to the best interests of Blk ppl.”

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

So, there’s a very interesting conflict between narratives occurring between music writers talking about hip-hop right now. On the one hand it’s “the ladies are most dominant and impactful” and on the other hand there’s “very soon rap wont be the most important genre anymore.”

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

Black girls aren't magic. Magic is an illusion. Black women are leaders of men. Black women are tech geniuses. Black women are peacemakers. Black women are engineers of society. Black women can hold our attention without twerking. Black women are weapons. G'nite. #WakandaForever

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

This is 40.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

3 years

Just found out I was awarded a Graduate Dissertation Award by the @NU_SoC . Loads of hard work went into it over the last two years so I am happy the work was received well by my peers and our faculty members.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

I feel like many felt like his mixtape run was on some side dish shit but this energy really should have been the main course.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

Feels good to be home. First Keynote loading…🙌🏾

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

5 months

@stargazerseye I sent a private email telling her how much I was proud at her researching abilities and that it was uncharacteristic of a any undergrad student I have had in this particular course.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

4 years

Sending real prayers that I get the Harvard Hip Hop Fellowship. I think it would help me write something the culture needs.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

7 years

Kanye promised to Mister Rainey he was going to marry his daughter on his first album. I wonder if he even remembers that...

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

Day☝🏾in Cambridge: slept in; but still managed to take 2 zoom calls and walk to my temporary office.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

5 years

It also means engaging that fan more than the streamers. Essentially, you have to also be a fan of your fans.

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5 years

As an artist, being your own vendor means setting the price, controlling access, and keeping the lion’s share of the profits. As @Yoh31 writes, it’s the modern equivalent of selling CDs out the trunk.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

So I have had the blessing of being at @UofSC and collaborating with some amazing students to start a podcast with @garnetmediagroup . It will showcase conversations with journalists, scholars and media makers about all things Black folk in the creative industries. Stay tuned.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

7 months

My Hip-Hop class this semester has been a dud. These students have some of the worst body language ever. It's hard to remain so excited about something while looking at a crowd of students moping.

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@Naledgesince82

1 year

ChatGPT says I’m standing with one of the 15 best emcees of all time. Lol

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@Naledgesince82

11 months

Amazing to chop it up with the incomparable @davidbanner in my class yesterday.🤝🏾🤲🏾

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

6 months

Help my son to shine at The Art Institute of Chicago's summer art program. Please donate and share this cause. Every contribution matters. Thank you for being a part of his journey.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

I’m still up. And still amazed at my village.

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@Naledgesince82

5 months

👋🏾 @BKCHarvard

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@Naledgesince82

3 years

2/18 I will be in conversation with the incredibly talented @amandaseales as a part of our BHM programming. Please join us! @UofSC @uofscdiversity @UofSC_CIC @UofSC_SJMC

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3 years

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3 years

New degree, who dis? #NU2021 @NU_MTS @NorthwesternU

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@Naledgesince82

10 months

I’m going to start unfollowing bitter academics. I’ve chosen this path and you’re not helping me get where I need to go. Bless you on leaving it but there are people who also win. And they have joy within it…I need that algorithm.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

5 years

@juttinthacut True. Most Chicagoans move for career and weather but generally would prefer to stay if opportunity presents itself. That's the next best thing...

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

3 years

I defended and got three job offers in the last two months... during a global pandemic... I got rejected for at least 15 jobs last year, one of which was in my own hometown. Mentors helped me, panels helped me, conferences helped me....my family helped me... now I’m here. 🙏🏾

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

5 years

@fakeshoredrive Roscoe P Coldchain

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@Naledgesince82

5 years

Today is a reading day. I also will have an extensive @chancetherapper listening session...

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

Day☝🏾, year ✌🏾. @UofSC_CIC @UofSC_SJMC

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@Naledgesince82

3 years

I think there should be a “hipster rap” Verzuz with @kidzinthehall and @theCoolxKids

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@Naledgesince82

5 years

@fakeshoredrive Hard to call him a bust...but.... Bump J was supposed to be our 50 cent Some have called me a bust and I can't necessarily argue if you expected me to be Common by now...lol

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

Section 80.

The Blog Era Podcast

@theblogera

1 year

What's the best produced mixtape of the Blog Era?

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

Happy @itsthereal is documenting the story of the Blog Era through podcast. Salty they talked to 150 ppl that aren’t me. Lol…I think I have a legitimate claim.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

@skyzoo deserves a Grammy nod.

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@Naledgesince82

6 months

I’m going to tell you something that will probably get me skewered on here…. I haven’t listened to a Beyonce album in its entirety in at least 15 years.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

@JulissaMuniz13 It has probably been said before but makes sure you ask questions of them about their support for you that are just as thoughtful as the answers you give to them. You need to want to be there not just win the position. You are the prize.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

If you’re under 50, calling yourself a Hip-Hop scholar and you have never a) performed at a open mic (in any capacity), b) written and performed 16 bars in a studio, c) DJ’d a party with vinyl or d) had a graffiti name… I’m very skeptical of you.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

1 year

Me and @Dee1music earlier today at @BKCHarvard . This year’s Nas fellows are amazing but Dee is truly a special arbiter of the culture. Collaboration(s) soon come.

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@Naledgesince82

1 year

@theblogera not too many ppl remember this mixtape (Will Rap for Food) or the fact that I was originally signed as a solo act by @John_Monopoly and @hustleperiod and his Hustle Period company before Rawkus came in.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

3 years

It’s really funny how life works. As a child, it was always my dream to be a sports journalist. Now that I am actually teaching in a journalism school, I may actually get the opportunity to talk about sports every week as a part of my job. This could get very interesting.

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@Naledgesince82

10 months

Andre ain’t made an album since 2006. Age isn’t the issue. Big Boi been rapping his ass off the whole time…

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@Naledgesince82

5 years

If Hip-Hop really is my generation's jazz, I'll be able to sit in college classrooms for the rest of my life and tell stories about my interactions/collaboration with the masters of the art.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

Am I the only one who loves typing out Bibliographies without citation management software? It’s my little version of a victory lap.

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@Naledgesince82

3 years

Someone needs to fact check this but I may be the only Hip-Hop artist to chart on Billboard to go into Academia.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

2 years

I had a feature done on me in high school for my baseball career and they asked me why I left De La Salle for Luther South. In the article, I said I didn’t like the all-boys setting. In reality, I hated the racism. I feel cowardly for not being honest when I had the platform.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

It is VERY LIKELY that I publish two books and then spend the rest of my tenure clock working on a rap album.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

12 years

I Shoulda bet my life in Vegas on Bradley.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

4 years

Thank you to ⁦ @imLeor ⁩ for letting me share about my journey in becoming a media scholar. 🙏🏾 It’s the first real press I’ve done since starting my PhD.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

5 years

I miss Timbuck2.

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@Naledgesince82

5 years

Fellas: The key to a happy life is always calling your bae/gf/wife/partner before they call you.

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@Naledgesince82

7 years

Just had a great chat with @fakeshoredrive about Chicago's hip hop scene... the shifts in the culture are phenomenal.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

Copy editing the article I have with @nancybaym and realizing that the 3 years it took to finish are actually worth the investment. It will be cited for at least 30.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

4 years

Blessed to have recorded 3 records with him. Thanks to @druha and @DuckDownMusic .

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4 years

Can’t believe it’s been 5 years since Sean Price passed. RIP to one of the nicest to ever do it. Sean P!!

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@Naledgesince82

6 years

He's so effortless with it....like too ill.

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6 years

per usual @VicMensa ate this freestyle. he goes so crazy. s/o @J_Credible @djsourmilk

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@Naledgesince82

1 year

@LuchiTheDesignr I don’t know if this thread is more about being men poor or men finessing women into awkward situations to see if they can succeed in getting something out of them.

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

4 years

Just turned in the first draft of my dissertation to my advisor. 🙏🏾🤞🏾

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

Highland Park is NOT an actual neighborhood of Chicago…But it is the suburb where Michael Jordan lived…and Kevin was left Home Alone. It’s also very far from what anyone from Chicago would consider Chicago. Even, Oak Park gets more love than them…

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Dr. Naledge

@Naledgesince82

7 years

New @kidzinthehall album is done. You'll have it in December...enjoy.

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

Happy to be able to announce that I’ll be spending the next school year as a part of the inaugural Rebooting Social Media cohort of visiting scholars at ⁦ @BKCHarvard ⁩.

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@Naledgesince82

5 years

I saw @VicSpencer in Bar Louie on Friday and I still believe me and him could do a joint EP that might do very real numbers.

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@Naledgesince82

1 year

Murray Forman told me that if you study/write about Hip-Hop long enough, you’ll become a historian. Whether history is your discipline or not, you age out of being an expert on what teenagers think is cool and more an almanac of what your own generation felt was cool.

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1 year

This aged really well.

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4 years

i swear the album excitement window keeps getting shorter and shorter. you used to get a week or so. maybe you'd get a day or two. but now i feel like by the end of release day people have already moved on...

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1 year

Year 3. Do I look the part now?

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@Naledgesince82

7 years

One of my fondest memories of @DJTIMBUCK2 was him coming to our album release party at SoBS, telling me the DJ sucked and that he would spin the rest of the party for free because I was fam. He then cursed me out for not asking him in the first place. Lol. That's Tim in nutshell.

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@Naledgesince82

5 months

Great conversation with Dr. James Riley (⁦ @Harvard ⁩) and George Monger (Connect Music) on artist rights in the creator economy. ⁦ @BKCHarvard ⁩

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@Naledgesince82

10 months

Shameless plug. @kidzinthehall adulting anonymous is out now.

Sundown of Act Proof

@sundownActProof

10 months

For anyone looking for this type @joedmusic and @phontigallo made songs about growing older and being mindful about your health

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@Naledgesince82

2 years

I’ve been thinking over this idea of self-segregation on social media. I think the Chitlin Circuit and the Negro Leagues do have lessons we can learn from in terms of building an ecosystem around the vastness of Black creativity in digital spaces.

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7 months

Stuff like that only adds to his mystique.

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@Naledgesince82

3 years

First day of semester memo: Teaching grad students this semester and I am utterly excited to tell them everything I wish I knew as a first year. This may be more of a therapy session for me but they were writing it all down feverishly. Small classes make for the best workshops.

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