Many voices clamor for attention in modern life. A University of Virginia professor’s latest album reaches for ways to honor the voices that influence our lives from a distance....
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...
Hip-hop professor A.D. Carson. Dan Addison, CC BY As a rap artist who is also a professor of hip-hop, I always make it a point to have my songs reviewed by other artists I admire. So when I released “i used to love to dream” – my latest...
lyric video for “just in case” from a.d. carson’s album, “i used to love to dream.” music by @vintagegotdaheat....