Posts Tagged ‘Chuck D’

Events, Homepage - Thursday, July 23, 2009 20:28 - 0 Comments

The WSJ Presents Planet Hip-Hop

Planet Hip-Hop is going down on August 4th. Moderated by Wall Street Journal culture editor Christopher John Farley, Chuck D, ?uestlove of the Roots, and rapper Bajah from Sierra Leone are special guests for this event. In this forum rappers and music moguls discuss why hip-hop has gone global—and where the music is heading next. The program is part of the The Wall Street Journal recently-launched series, “Summer Scoops: Live with the Wall Street Journal,” held this summer at Lincoln Center in New York City. Tickets to all events are on sale now at www.wsj.com/live

Features, Photos & Video, Politics - Thursday, October 9, 2008 22:36 - 34 Comments

Video: Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson

Even if you read our 2 Kings In A Cipher feature with Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson you must check out these videos to actually hear and see the passion with which these brilliant men discuss the social and political issues facing the Hip-Hop community.

Video #2 after the jump.

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Features, Politics - Friday, September 5, 2008 22:39 - 3 Comments

Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson

2 Kings In A Cipher - Part One

We know that Hip-Hop has accomplished a lot since it became the foundation of our first issue back in ’88. So much, in fact, that it sometimes becomes difficult to get a clear picture of the lessons Hip-Hop’s rise has taught us about the world around us and about ourselves. With that in mind, the Mind Squad recruited two of academia’s biggest Hip-Hop champions for a sit down to discuss some of the most important and influential issues that we as a culture have experienced during the last two decades.

Georgetown University professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Princeton University professor Dr. Cornel West joined two of the owning partners of The Source, entertainment lawyer L. Londell McMillan, ESQ and investment banker Jeffrey Scott, and the rest of the Mind Squad in a conversation moderated by Public Enemy frontman and activist Chuck D.

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