The Cold Crush Brothers performing at an anti-apartheid protest at Columbia. Photo by Divonne Jarecki / Spectator Archives.

Writings on hip-hop by Kevin Holt (GSAS ’18), PhD candidate Katie Radishofski, and Professor Ellie Hisama and the Spring 2021 music department elective Listening to Hip-Hop taught by Professor Hisama are profiled in “The Birth of the New School,” part 2 of Nigel Telman’s two-part article “The Hip-Hop Project: A historical exploration into the relationship between Columbia University and the rap revolution.” 

Both parts of the article can be found here and here.