Her fellow academic Henry Louis Gates Jr. recalled how outlandish her idea seemed when she pitched it to him. “Hip-hop?” he recalled responding. “Isn’t this just a passing fad?” https://t.co/Q8wVsN4e2R
Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
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