Left of Black S13 · E9 | Queer Aesthetics in Hip Hop and Beyond with Shanté Paradigm Smalls

What does it mean for the genre of hip hop to embrace a queer aesthetic? And how central was New York City to that expression of queerness in music and beyond, such as with figures like hip hop graffiti artist, Martin Wong? Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls joins Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal to discuss their new book, Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City, published by New York University Press, part of the Postmillennial Pop Series.