Hip hop continues to grace Ivy League halls.
9th Wonder, who has produced for hip hop stars like Jay-Z, Chris Brown and David Banner, has recieved a prestigous fellowship from Harvard University to lecture about hip hop and track down the original samples for some of hip hop’s most legendary albums.
9th Wonder has already taught at universities such as Duke University and North Carolina Central University.
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For 9th’s research project titled “These Are The Breaks” he will be researching these albums:
Dr. Dre,The Chronic
Nas, Illmatic
Jay Z, Reasonable Doubt
Little Brother, The Minstrel Show
A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders
Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele
Slum Village, Fantastic Volume II
Kanye West, The College Dropout
Jay Z, The Blueprint
Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
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A documentary called “The Harvard Fellow” is being made about 9th’s year at Harvard.
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