Kenya Allmond (me)

I attended a talk and book signing for The Anthology of Rap with editors Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois.  Also among the panelists were Common and Kurtis Blow who both gave performances which I captured on video.

Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t listen to hip hop. My musical selections are limited to jazz, neosoul, R&B ballads, and contemporary gospel. “You’re old”, some say. “What happened to you?” others say. My question is what happened to hip hop? Back in the 80s and 90s, hip hop was real music. The [...]