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A Love Letter to Hip-Hop: How Women Shaped the First 50 Years

A Love Letter to Hip-Hop: How Women Shaped the First 50 Years

FromOur Body Politic


A Love Letter to Hip-Hop: How Women Shaped the First 50 Years

FromOur Body Politic

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Callie Crossley, who is a host and commentator for GBH Boston, looks back at the first 50 years of women in Hip-Hop with educator and MC Queen D and author and cultural critic Aisha Durham. Then Callie talks with journalist Brooklyn White about the iconic Missy Elliot, the first woman Hip-Hop artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We round out the show by hearing from our viewers about what Hip-Hop means to them and the impact it’s made on their lives.
Released:
Dec 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Created and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how women of color experience the major political events of today, but how they're impacting those very issues. Weekly episodes feature in-depth conversations about the economy, health, politics, education, the environment, and the most prescient issues—because all issues are women's issues. Tune in every Friday everywhere you listen to podcasts, and on public radio stations around the country.