New Temple U. Course Will Examine ‘Africological Analysis’ of Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s Life

New Temple U. course will examine ‘Africological analysis’ of rapper Kendrick Lamar’s life

Course aligns more ‘with pop-cultural fascination than serious academic inquiry,’ policy analyst says Temple University is set to offer a course this fall on rap and hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar with an “in-depth Africological analysis” of his life. The course, titled “Kendrick Lamar and the Morale of m.A.A.d City,” aims to “explore the relevance of hip-hop as the preeminent modern Black… Source

Meet the professor of the world’s first Kendrick Lamar course

In conversation with convenor Dr Timothy Wellbeck, we go inside the Kendrick Lamar university course on offer at Temple University this autumn, covering his discography, the Drake beef and the wider sociological significance of hip-hop