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Austin McCoy

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  • Kendrick Lamar in the spotlight performing a concert.

    Bad Beef

    Rap beef is form of capitalist accumulation that enriches artists—and, most of all, the corporate suits that run their record labels.
    by Austin McCoy via Public Books on January 9, 2025
  • Nicki Minaj and the autobiography of Malcolm X written by Alex Haley.

    It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop

    We cannot understand the last fifty years of U.S. history—certainly not the first thing about Black history—without studying the emergence and evolution of rap.
    by Austin McCoy via The Baffler
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on January 9, 2024
  • Protester holding a "Defund the Police" sign.

    Defund the Police

    Protest slogans and the terms for debate.
    by Austin McCoy via Perspectives on History on June 12, 2020
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. being arrested in Montgomery, 1958.

    Martin Luther King Was a Law Breaker

    On the second anniversary of MLK's assassination, political prisoner Martin Sostre wrote a tribute emphasizing his radical disobedience.
    by Austin McCoy, Martin Sostre via Martin Sostre Institute on April 1, 1970
Book
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made
Austin McCoy
2026

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De La Soul

How De La Soul Changed Hip-Hop—and Why We Almost Forgot

Hip-hop and Generation X came of age together. As Gen Xers moved through their teenage years in the 1970s and '80s, hip-hop exploded from underground Bronx.
by Renée Nicholson via Pittsburgh Review of Books on February 23, 2026
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