Robeson Taj Frazier is an associate professor of communication and director of IDEA (the Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg), as well as the author of The East is Black: Cold War China in the Black Radical Imagination and KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell, and producer of IT'S YOURS: A Story About Hip-Hop and the Internet and Hip-Hop and the Metaverse on PBS. Reflecting on his roots and early influences, he takes us through his journey from New Jersey to China to academia, having produced both books and multimedia along the way.Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:Robeson Taj FrazierIDEA: Institute for Diversity & Empowerment @ AnnenbergBooks:The East Is Black: Cold War China in the Black Radical ImaginationKAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben CaldwellFilm/TV:IT'S YOURS documentaryHip-Hop and the Metaverse | PBSEarly influences:Mr T. as B.A. Baracus on the A-TeamGI JoeJemAugust Wilson’s The Piano Lesson with Charles S. DuttonWatermelon ManAmerican Culture in China (1990s):Mariah Carey / YanniW.E.B. DuBoisPaul RobesonDiscmanDarlie toothpasteMarguerite de BourgoingThe Misadventures of AWKWARD Black Girl (Issa Rae)Tricia RoseLupe FiascoRobloxBen Caldwell / KAOS Network:Project Blowed, a workshop space utilized by:The Pharcyde, Freestyle Fellowship, Doja Cat, Kendrick LamarLeimert Phone Company projectMIT Radiation Laboratory history / videoWelcome to MetaSecond LifeShare your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at [email protected]:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at [email protected]:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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