The Cause Podcast: Hip Hop Studies Part 1: The Roots of Rap Music

After a short delay, The Cause Podcast returns with Episode 11: Hip Hop Studies, Part 1 – The Roots of Hip Hop.

In this dynamic episode, Dr. Reiland Rabaka digs into the birth of hip hop—not just as music, but as a cultural revolution. From DJ Kool Herc to Reaganomics, from street corners to scholarship, this is hip hop as knowledge, resistance, and art.

“Rap is something you do. Hip hop is something you live.”

Hear how hip hop connects back to African diasporic traditions, cultural creativity, and political protest.

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