Ep.189 - Kanye & Black Celebrity W/ Dr. Joshua Wright

<p>In a special episode of DITD, we have our first guest host joining! Dr. Joshua Wright is a professor at Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC, a graduate of Howard University; host of "Woke History", a new podcast series on NPR One and a two-time author. (<strong>Wake Up, Mr. West: Kanye West and the Double Consciousness of Black Celebrity</strong>, 2022 &amp; <strong>Empire and Black Images in Pop Culture</strong>, 2018)<em> </em></p><p>He joins us to talk about Black Celebrity in the US, Kanye's unique status as "the ultimate contrarian" and where he stands after the month of craziness.</p><p>If you haven't spun <a href="https://diggin-in-the-digits-5epn.transistor.fm/186">Episode 186, we encourage you to do so</a> as we broach on those topics once more here. Also, Dr. Wright mentions The Journal of Hip-Hop Studies, <a href="https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jhhs/vol6/iss1/">I have linked his issue on Kanye &amp; Christianity here, </a>we highly recommend you dive into some true Hip-Hop academia. </p><p>Thanks for listening. Below are the Social accounts for all parties involved.</p><p>Music - <a href="https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/warmer-winds">"Pizza And Video Games" by Bonus Points</a> (Thanks to <a href="https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/">Chillhop </a>Music for the right to use)</p><p>HHBTN (Twitter &amp; IG) - @HipHopNumbers<br>5E (Twitter) - @The5thElementUK<br><a href="https://discord.gg/QApwabP">5E Community Discord</a><br>ChillHop (Twitter) - @Chillhopdotcom<br>Bonus Points (Twitter) - @BonusPoints92</p><p>Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN:<br><a href="https://www.the5thelement.org.uk/whats-good-charlie-taylor">"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor</a><br><a href="https://www.the5thelement.org.uk/in-search-of-sauce-5epn">In Search of Sauce</a><br><a href="https://www.the5thelement.org.uk/black-women-watch-5epn">Black Women Watch...</a><br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3F7bioVpWUAfcYG74vtZpX?si=5aaca94ba10240c6">5EPN Radio</a><br><a href="https://www.the5thelement.org.uk/the-beaut