Tag: Nipsey Hussle
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HHAP Ep 79: Hip-Hop culture as a space where Black identities are negotiated and presented
The first episode of 2023 is a special episode on hip-hop as a cultural space where Black identities can be negotiated and presented. The research project was part of a larger seminar project with the University of Maryland College Park on African/Black Diaspora Studies. The larger project was funded by a grant from the Andrew…
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The Social and Political Representations in Hip-Hop Music in the Present Day.
The EDT Hip-Hop Podcast. These are the rappers that we have chosen to talk about in our podcast. Tupac Shakur, NWA, Nipsey Hussle, Common, Tariku Gankasi, Y en Marre, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Baby, and JAY-Z. This is an episode of The Social and Political Representations in the Hip-Hop Music in the Present Day. In this…
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Nipsey Hussle’s Eritrean Roots
Nipsey Hustle was born Airmeiess “Ermias” Joseph Asghedom in the Crenshaw district of South Los Angeles, California on August 15th, 1985. His mother Angelique Smith, an African American woman from L.A., and father Dawit Asghedom, an Eritrean immigrant, are alive and currently live in L.A. Eritrea is a former Italian colony and now exists as…