11 Rappers Giving Lectures at Universities
Over the past couple of months there has been a number of rappers speaking at universities such as Oxford, Harvard and more. Most recently Lil Jon gave a lecture to students at Oxford about politics, reality television, President Obama and Kanye West. Earlier this year Bun B and Professor Anthony Pinn brought their Hip-Hop and Religion class at Rice University online because of the rise in popularity. Both men spoke to us about the move and how hip-hop has gradually been inching closer and closer into academia. If a MC was your college professor would you listen?
Here's a list of 11 rappers lecturing in universities.
KRS-One at Fresno State University
Kanye West Speaks at Oxford University
Yeezus made a speaking appearance at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History in Great Britain. Yeezy discussed his ego, Nicki Minaj’s verse on “Monster,” Obama and much, much more.
Bun B with Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, Tre9, Trae, & Malice of The Clipse at Rice University
Chance The Rapper speaks at Harvard
Harvard University’s Hiphop Archive & Research Institute held a lecture where Chance The Rapper was the guest speaker. During a Q&A session with students, the Chi-town spitta talked about things going on in hip-hop and the world at the moment. Chano thinks that Jay Z’s concept for Tidal is really good if everything works out and he compares it with other streaming service. He also spoke about the recording he’s most proud of, Soundcloud, misogyny in hip-hop, the connection between hip-hop and violence and a lot more.
Lil B at MIT, Carnegie Mellon and NYU
Killer Mike To Lecture on Race Relations at MIT
Bonus
Diddy's 2014 Howard University Commencement Speech
Kanye West's acceptance speech and lecture at SAIC
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