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Monday, May 28 at 12:00 am

Rap Sessions: Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?

Discussion of Hip-Hop & Women with Bakari Kitwana, Tracy Sharpley Whiting, Mark Anthony Neal, Joan Morgan, David Ikard, T.J. Crawford and Amina Norman-Hawkins

From the University of Chicago, a townhall meeting on women and hip-hop, entitled "Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?" The discussion is one of ten similar townhalls organized by Bakari Kitwana, who moderates a panel discussion with Tracy Sharpley Whiting, author of "Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women;" Mark Anthony Neal, author of "New Black Man;" Joan Morgan, author of "When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down;" David Ikard, author of "Breaking the Silence: Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism;" T.J. Crawford, chairman of the National Hip-Hop Political Convention; and Amina Norman-Hawkins, executive director of the Chicago Hip-Hop Initiative. Moderator Bakari Kitwana is the author of "Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America."

Author Bios:

Mark Anthony Neal teaches black popular culture at Duke University's Program in African and African American Studies. He is also the director of Duke's Institute for Critical U.S. Studies.

Bakari Kitwana is the executive director of Rap Sessions. He is also the former executive editor of The Source, a magazine about hip-hop culture. Mr. Kitwana co-founded the National Hip-Hop Political Convention.

Joan Morgan is the former executive editor of Essence magazine. She has also written for The Village Voice, Vibe, Madison, Interview, MS, More and Spin.

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting teaches Francophone studies, critical race studies, feminist theory, film, and hip-hop culture at Vanderbilt University. She is also the director of African American and Diaspora Studies at the university.

T.J. Crawford is a co-founder and chairman of the National Hip-Hop Political Convention, which meets every two years to endorse a political agenda. In 2002, he founded the Chicago Political Action Committee.

Amina Norman-Hawkins is a hip-hop emcee and executive director of the Chicago Hip-Hop Initiative.

David Ikard teaches African American literature at the University of Tennessee. Mr. Ikard lives with his wife and two children in Knoxville, Tennessee.