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Armbrae Academy Podcast - 18:87Armbrae Academy 18:87 - Pursuing Your PassionThese are the stories of Armbrae Academy told in 18 minutes and 87 seconds.
This week we are joined by Armbrae Alumni, educator, and musician Dilshan Weerasinghe. We discuss pursuing his passion in music, using music as a medium for social change, and defining success in your own way.2021-03-1119 min
What, Like It's Hard?“We Gon’ Be Alright": Racial Politics and Kendrick Lamar.Dilshan Weerasinghe holds an MA in Musicology from Dalhousie University. His research examines popular music, jazz, and hip-hop in relation to social and political topics. Dilshan’s paper “We Gon’ Be Alright”: Racial Politics and Kendrick Lamar explores the expression of the experience of poverty, anti-establishment politics, and the diverse, complex narratives of black identity in Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly. Such topics are typically associated with what has been labelled as “conscious” rap – characterized not just by its lyrical subject matter of socially relevant topics, but musically through jazz. As Dilshan suggests, historically, jazz in rap has...2020-05-2452 min