As the global musical phenomenon turns 50, a hip-hop professor explains what the word ‘dope’ means to him
As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, a scholar of the culture and its musical genres explores the meaning of the word ‘dope.’
Hip-hop culture brought graffiti art, breakdancing, emceeing and DJing to prominence. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
After I finished my Ph.D. in 2017, several newspaper reporters wrote about th…