A.D. Carson on Hip-Hop, Power, and “Being Dope”
On this edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with Professor A.D. Carson of the University of Virginia, a scholar, artist, and emcee.
Carson first gained national attention when his doctoral dissertation took the form of a 34-track rap album, Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhymes and Revolution.
Now he returns with a new book, Being Dope: Hip Hop in Theory Through Mixtape Memoir — a deep meditation on art, politics, and survival in hostile institutions.
Carson traces his lens back to his years at Clemson University in South Carolina (2013–2017), where he experienced an environment that felt “like going backward in time.
Author's summary: Professor A.D. Carson discusses hip-hop and power.
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