Luxury Rap

This assignment focuses on the music by Jay Z and Kanye West, including its implications for the Black Public Sphere.

Reading

• Leland, Art Born of Outrage in the Internet Age (nytimes.com)
• Serrano, “N—s in Paris,” from The Rap Year Book (2014)
  [This PDF is linked from the assignment in Georgia View “This Week’s Content.”]

Listening

• N—s in Paris (Jay Z and Kanye West, 2011)
• Murder to Excellence (Jay Z and Kanye West, 2011)
• Made in America (Jay Z and Kanye West, ft. Frank Ocean, 2011)
• Blkkk Skkkn Head (Kanye West, 2013)

Viewing (in Georgia View and YouTube)

• “Bush Don’t Like Black People” (Black Lantern, 2005)
  [This video is linked from the assignment in Georgia View “This Week’s Content.”]
• No Church in the Wild (Jay Z and Kanye West, 2011)