In this episode, in honor of Black History Month, we present one of the episodes produced in this winter's course on the Politics and Poetics of Hip-Hop offered by historian and Professor Katherine Jewell.
The assignment said:
"This assignment is your chance to advance your own interpretation of the evolution or application of the knowledge and insight developed this term. In a one-hour radio show, for which you will produce a script and a playlist and record for dissemination on WXPL, build a thematic engagement with an aspect of the course. Your playlist can take any theme you would like, but it should make specific reference to readings and ideas encountered this term, cited in the transcript. Take your listener on a musical journey through an aspect of hip-hop informed by its past."
Toni Magras (COMM '25) offered an engaging thematic interrogation of women in hip hop, including an interview with her daughter, Ashleigh (Lady Repo), who is also a musician and MC. Presented as a radio show for Fitchburg State's radio station, WXPL, the show combines musical reflection with an analysis of how women MCs advanced the art and expression of hip hop.
The Power Show was written and produced entirely by Toni Magras of Hull Bay Productions.
Show Credits:
In the show, she features extracts from:
Episode Transcript here.
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