Panel: Hip-Hop Planet w/ Chuck D, Mark Anthony Neal, 9th Wonder & Others

Edward McKay Artist and Author series at Hopscotch. Panel includes The speakers include Durham's 9TH WONDER, the Little Brother cofounder and Grammy winner who has gone on to make music with Jay-Z, Destiny's Child, David Banner and Murs; New York's CHRISTOPHER R. WEINGARTEN, "the last rock critic standing" and a scribe for Village Voice, Spin, Rolling Stone and the author of a new book on Public Enemy; Durham's MARK ANTHONY NEAL, a Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University and the author of several books on music and culture; Raleigh's CHARLIE SMARTS, a member of the exuberant, emerging hip-hop crew Kooley High; and surprise guest Chuck D of Public Enemy.

Panel Discussion: Hip-Hop Planet: Music and Its Work in the World

Hip-Hop Planet:
Music and Its Work in the World
SATURDAY, SEPT. 11 (Free/ 4–6 p.m.)
Raleigh City Museum
Briggs Building
220 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, N.C. 27601

When people talk about the political importance and immediacy of hip-hop, perhaps no group gets mentioned more than Public Enemy, and perhaps no records more than their It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet. With Public Enemy headlining Hopscotch Saturday night, we decided to talk about the social impact that hip-hop has historically had and if that role might be changing.

The speakers include Durham’s 9TH WONDER, the Little Brother cofounder and Grammy winner who has gone on to make music with Jay-Z, Destiny’s Child, David Banner and Murs; New York’s CHRISTOPHER R. WEINGARTEN, “the last rock critic standing” and a scribe for Village Voice, Spin, Rolling Stone and the author of a new book on Public Enemy; Durham’s MARK ANTHONY NEAL, a Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University and the author of several books on music and culture; and Raleigh’s CHARLIE SMARTS, a member of the exuberant, emerging hip-hop crew Kooley High. Hopscotch Director GREG LOWENHAGEN and Curator GRAYSON CURRIN will moderate the discussion. Weingarten will spin his tribute set to It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back before the discussion begins.