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Scholar’s new rap album seeks to turn the tables on the ‘masters’ from the Old South

  • Written by A.D. Carson, Associate Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
imageCould the path to the Ph.D. run through the recording studio?Ratchapon Supprasert via iStock / Getty Images Plus

Usually when a rap artist comes out with a new album, it’s released by a record label as part of their career as an entertainer. For Dr. A.D. Carson, a professor of hip-hop at the University of Virginia, his latest album –...

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