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Alican Koc speaks on his article, "Views from the 6: Gentrification, Condo-Ization, and Drake’s Affective Appeal in Toronto."

Niel Scobie is a PhD candidate and part-time instructor in Western University's Faculty of Information and Media Studies. He also teaches turntablism at the University of Guelph's School of Fine Art and Music. Niel's dissertation, supervised by Dr. Keir Keightley, explores the roots of hip-hop culture in Toronto, particularly its connections to the Caribbean diaspora and sound system culture. Recent publications have appeared in Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada (McGill-Queen's University Press) and The Spaces and Places of Canadian Popular Culture (Canadian Scholars Press).
 
Prior to academia, Niel spent 20 years in Vancouver's hip-hop scene as a DJ and producer. In 1989, he created "In Effect"at UBC's CITR 101.9fm, one of Canada's earliest hip-hop radio shows. As a producer, his collaborations received Juno nominations for "Rap Recording of the Year" in 2003 and 2005. 

Dan Charnas comes on to speak on his 2010 publication The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop.

A conversation with Janice Rahn on her 1997/99 publication "Painting Without Permission" on the graffiti scene in Montreal.

For episode 9 we have Kalen Coleman, a student at the William H. Bowen School of Law, Kalen recently wrote one of the most interesting articles on hip-hop I’ve read in quite some time. The paper, called Wake Up Or Get Woke: The Paradox of American Diplomatic Export of Hip-Hop looks at how through jazz tours in the mid 20th century, and state-sanctioned hip-hop tours in recent decades, the United States has historically used black culture as a way of communicating a version of America that it wishes to represent, despite a lack of domestic effort to help these same groups they use. As I said, I found this article fascinating and I think the conversation will be insightful for anyone interested in the subject.

In this episode of the Hip-Hop Learners Podcast I sit down with Danielle Garcia to discuss her most recent dissertation titled "The Politics of Hip Hop: A Political Analysis of Hip Hop’s History and Its Complicated Relationship with Capitalism." The thesis, published under the City University of New York's Graduate Center speaks on a variety of issues regarding early South Bronx political history, its influence on hip-hop politics, as well as hip-hop's relationship with capitalism. I quite enjoyed the podcast, and I hope you do as well.