After Rapping His Dissertation, A.D. Carson Is UVa's New Hip-Hop Professor
Carson's doctoral dissertation, a 34-track rap album, went viral. This fall, he'll teach hip-hop history and composition in the hope of giving his students tools to engage in difficult conversations.
by Ashley Young
Jul 15, 2017
2 minutes
Earlier this year, rapper A.D. Carson completed a 34-song album he called Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics Of Rhymes & Revolutions. If that sounds like an unusual title for a hip-hop record, keep in mind that the album also served as Carson's doctoral dissertation.
Carson received his Ph.D. in rhetorics,
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