How Hip-Hop Shaped American Culture with Dr. Patrick Rivers via Zoom

Professor Patrick Rivers discusses the powerful impact hip-hop has had on music, media and technology.

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Patrick Rivers is an ethnomusicologist and associate professor of music at the University of New Haven. He researches the processes of recorded music and the impact of recordings on aesthetics and consumption. He has published articles and chapters on hip-hop and R&B music in American Music Review, the St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture, the Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Music Studies and 33 1/3 B-Sides. He is the co-author of the 33 1/3 series book Uptown Saturday Night and is currently at work on his latest book project, The Mad Science of Hip-Hop.