Looks like Jay-Z and Kanye West are taking us back to school. Literally.
University of Missouri, is offering a class on their iconic relationship next fall, as part of an English course dedicated to uncovering the dynamics of their relationship. The class will uncover a few things but here are some topics:
1) How do they fit within, and how do they change, the history of hip-hop music?
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2) How does their rise to both celebrity and corporate power alter what we understand as the American Dream?
Some course materials include: Jay-Z’s Decoded, histories of and works on rap music by Jeff Chang and Adam Bradley.
Will you be enrolling?
-Andrew Somuah (@Drewtheabstract)
