Crossing Continents: How Afrobeats Is Taking Over the World Saida Dahir May 6, 2023 Afrobeats, Black Culture, Music History 1 Comment As a young student, I vividly remember the daily ritual of walking to my middle school. It was the perfect opportunity to plug in my headphones, let the music take over, and shut out the rest of the world. In t...
Naegaz in Paris: How Black Culture Created K-pop Saida Dahir May 12, 2022 Black Culture, K-pop, Opinion In 2015, I stumbled across a YouTube video that would inadvertently alter my consumption of pop music for years to come. After randomly browsing videos for hours, the YouTube algorithm directed me to a new tren...
Rap Music and Rebellion: From Highschool Detention to the Grammys Saida Dahir April 27, 2022 Black Culture, Columns and Opinions, Opinion A rapper's biggest enemy is their K-12 teachers— or so many rap songs like to portray. From Biggie’s “to all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin'” and Juice Wrld’s “I remember ...
