A.D. Carson, University of Virginia Hip-hop culture is often recognized as being born on Aug. 11, 1973. That was about seven months after Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that protected the right to choose to have an abortion. Accordingly, reproductive rights have long been part of...
A.D. Carson, University of Virginia The day after the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson promptly blamed the violence on rap music and video games. “Kids are exposed to all kinds of horrible stuff nowadays,” the Texas...
Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities A.D. Carson, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences A.D. Carson’s mixtape/essay, “i used to love to dream,” released in 2020 by the University of Michigan Press, was the first peer-reviewed rap album, and was published with an...
lyric video for “just in case” from a.d. carson’s album, “i used to love to dream.” music by @vintagegotdaheat....
December 8, 2020 Dan Heuchert, [email protected] In addition to releasing the first-ever peer reviewed rap album, University of Virginia professor of hip-hop A.D. Carson has seen another example of his work climb the music charts this year. Carson, who joined the faculty of the McIntire Department of Music...