Publications
academic
"No City for Young Men: Hip-Hop and the Narrative of Marginalization" Cognella Academic Publishing (under contract)
“Specter of Reform: Understanding the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and it’s Role in Expanding the Modern Prison Industrial Complex” Arlen Specter Center for Public Service, Thomas Jefferson University
“The Gospel According to ‘Ye: Kanye West, The Life of Pablo, and Authentic Christianity,” Beyond Christian Hip Hop: A Move Toward Christians and Hip Hop Routledge Taylor and Francis
“People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths to Rhythms: Hip-Hop’s Continuation of the Enduring Tradition of African and African-American Rhetorical Forms and Tropes,” Straight Outta English special edition of Changing English (CEN) Routledge Taylor and Francis
“You’re Nobody, ‘til somebody kills you: The Role of Hip-Hop in the Criminalization of Black” Men,” Imhotep Journal
articles and essays
“What happens when a Black super hero dies?” The Philadelphia Inquirer November 16, 2022
“What to read, watch and see during Black History Month” Temple News January 29, 2020
The Racial Disparities in ‘Stand Your Ground Laws’ The North Star May 16, 2019
Nipsey Hussle’s Community Devotion Defied Expectations The North Star April 30, 2019
“Thou Shalt Not Judge: Donald Trump’s Judicial Legacy” The North Star March 23, 2019
21 Savage’s Citizenship and Becoming American The North Star March 8, 2019
The magnificence of ‘Black Panther’ is in its re-imagining of Africa WHYY February 20, 2018
All Things Work Together The Huffington Post September 29, 2017
I Am Not My Hair WHYY News Works Speak Easy September 22, 2017
Someone was watching over me on my first traffic stop for driving while black WHYY News Works Speak Easy September 22, 2017
A Seat At the Table The Huffington Post April 26, 2017
James Gardin wants to take you to "The Promise Land" Respect Magazine February 3, 2017
Jered Sanders is Nobody Famous Respect Magazine February 3, 2017
None of the Crayons Matched My Skin The Philadelphia Inquirer January 30, 2017
"The Gospel According to 'Ye: Kanye West, The Life of Pablo, and Authentic Christianity" The Huffington Post December 21, 2016
"Sho Baraka challenges conventional paradigms on race, culture and faith with 'The Narrative' " Rapzilla November 16, 2016
The Narrative The Huffington Post November 15, 2016
The Souls of Black Folk The Huffington Post August 11, 2016
Brooklyn's Finest The Huffington Post June 29, 2016
J. Kwest Lemonade Interview Sphere of Hip-Hop June 20, 2016
Father's Day The Huffington Post June 18, 2016
Someday We'll All Be Free The Huffington Post April 27, 2016
"Me, Myself, and i: Kendrick Lamar, The Politics of Respectability, and the Culture of Resistance" The Huffington Post March 21, 2016
An Epidemic Akin Unto Lynching Pt. 2 The Huffington Post March 8, 2016
An Epidemic Akin Unto Lynching Pt. 1 The Huffington Post March 3, 2016
"All Eyes on us: Meek Mill's Legal Troubles, Hip-Hop, and the Narrative of Black criminality" The Huffington Post January 19, 2016
"A Sickness unto death: Tamir Rice, Affluenza, and the erasure of black childhood" The Huffington Post January 18, 2016
"Sean C. Johnson talks Circa 1993" Sphere of Hip-Hop March 10, 2015
Interview: R-Swift Revolutionary Ink August 2013
Review: W.L.A.K. Rapzilla March 22, 2013
Interview: Sho Baraka Revolutionary Ink January 2013
interview: Conquest Revolutionary Ink January 2012
"Let the Church Say Amen: Sacred Space and Authentic Christianity" Revolutionary Ink September 2012
2Pacalpyse Now Hip-Hop Stardom 101 July 2011