Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation

AbstractThis article examines the practice and recent rise in the use of various aspects of Japanese popular culture in hip hop, particularly as manifest in the work of RZA, Kanye ...

AbstractIn this article I discuss an example of verbal dueling in Hip Hop culture from the perspective of Bakhtin's (1984) notion of the carnival. Both carnival and Hip Hop are sub...

Inadvertently, Tate Britain may be forecasting the fate of hip-hop and its artistic expression through a midcareer retrospective of Chris Ofili’s work. The exhibition presents a nu...

In 1992, during the first retrospective of Basquiat’s work, Richard Marshall lamented: “Jean-Michel Basquiat first became famous for his art, then he became famous for being famous...

This article explores Afrofuturist countermemory and alternative history, and the potential of these concepts to be applied to the legacy of Miles Davis’s final fusion concept. Thr...

Rap, the musical element of hip hop culture, has depended on the recorded past to shape its birth, present and, potentially, its future. Founded on a sample-based methodology, the ...

Rap, the musical element of hip hop culture, has depended on the recorded past to shape its birth, present and, potentially, its future. Founded on a sample-based methodology, the ...

Ageing is a growing concern all around the world. It is the biggest challenge for developing and developed countries, including Malaysia. Malaysia is a country, where ageing care c...