Left of Black S5:E1:  From Kooley High to  ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with Rapsody

Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined in-studio by rap artist Rapsody (Marianna Evans).   

“You have to make it relatable, you have to make it feel like it’s honest,” says Rapsody in a wide ranging conversation about artistic integrity, being an independent artist, her artistic influences, and her relationship with producer 9th Wonder–dropping a little freestyle to close the episode.

Rapsody just released her latest single, ’Hard to Choose’  from the forthcoming Beauty and The Beast which will be released on October 7th, 2014.

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Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University and the Center for Arts, Digital Culture and Entrepreneurship (CADCE).

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