Hip Hop 50 - Retrospective of the Music in America and Africa

Heather honors Hip Hop’s 50 anniversary with music and conversation about this music and cultural movement since its beginning, August 11th, 1973. She speaks with ethnomusicologist Dr. Stephanie Shonekan and with Kenyan music journalist Bill Odidi about the impact of Hip Hop in Africa. The playlist features Hip Hop music from America and Africa. Sierra Leone music journalist Mohamed King Milan Bangura gives Heather’s Drop the Needle quiz a run for her money.