Darryl Robertson
freelance writer
Darryl Robertson is a freelance writer, a research assistant for The New York Times, a section editor for Souls and a student at Columbia University. His research interests include hip-hop and understanding how the Black Power movement services its communities. He is also interested in understanding how social, geographical and historical factors contribute to hip-hop.
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Because the executive producer of the project is a longtime nemesis of the subject, there never should have been any expectation that he was going to bring an objective point of view.
Beyoncé’s embrace of the U.S. flag during her “Cowboy Carter” stage shows may be confusing to her critics and her fans.
The reason that abuse often kept women trapped in relationships in the past is the reason abuse often keeps women trapped in relationships now.
It’s remarkable that an artist whose work is so deeply political and who hasn’t chased pop stardom was picked to perform at Sunday night’s Super Bowl.
Killer Mike is continuing a trend of rappers allowing themselves to be used by presidential candidates looking to gain access into majority Black spaces.
