The Foundations of Hip-Hop Encyclopedia

Anthony Kwame Harrison is the Edward S. Diggs Professor of Humanities and associate professor of sociology at Virginia Tech. He is the author of two books— Hip Hop Underground (Temple University Press, 2009) and Ethnography (Oxford University Press, 2018)—and co-editor of Race in the Marketplace: Crossing Critical Boundaries (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Kwame currently serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Popular Music Studies and the Bloomsbury Popular Music digital resource (www.bloomsburypopularmusic.com).

Craig Arthur is assistant professor and Head of Foundational Instruction and Community Engagement for Virginia Tech’s University Libraries. He started deejaying in 1997 and is a member of the Table Rok Crew. An alumnus of Virginia Tech, he conducted research as an undergraduate with #VTDITC Advisory Board member Dr. A. Kwame Harrison, which ultimately led him to a career in librarianship. As a deejay, he has shared stages with many artists, including Kanye West, Common, Little Brother, the Vinyl Junkies Clique, Mike Jones (who?), and Lil Yachty. To safeguard his honorific “the nicest librarian on two turntables,” he eagerly awaits any challenges from fellow librarian deejays.