The B-word stands for “bias” against black girls and women in music but speaks to interlocking forms of oppression in music and mobile technology. I am Dr. Kyra Gaunt, a digital ethnomusicologist, a prize winning author of a best-selling book, and a professor of music and culture. I conduct hip-hop music studies, Black girlhood studies, and write about hip-hop as music and Black feminist thought. Check out my New York Times article “The Magic of Black Girls Play“ from July 2020.

Latest episodes of the podcast Unlocking Bias in Music

• When Hip-Hop Robs Female Voice (Beta)
• Singing OurSelves Back to our Roots: A message from the CoChairs of the SEM Crossroads Project