Exploring the origins of rap-rock, which blended elements of hip-hop with rock and roll, pioneered by early artists like The Clash or Blondie during the 1980s.
This seminar features one element of Prof. Williams’s grant project on “The Fifth Element: Knowledge in Hip-hop" (AHRC-DFG funded) which includes a number of global case studies (including Japan, ...
and landed in the Top 5 in Germany and the UK. With over five million copies sold worldwide, it went platinum in the U.S. and Canada, cementing its place as a groundbreaking moment in Hip-Hop.