"Stuckey" aka Reuben A. Buford May is a rapper, author, and professor from Chicago.

He is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign. He's known around campus as the "Rapping Professor" for his spontaneous performances that can be heard across the Quad and around Green Street.

Stuckey's impromptu rap performances aren't just on street corners, he has also performed live at the Chicago House of Blues and Kyle Field.

EPISODE LINKS:

Stuckey's Website: http://www.stuckey.website/

Stuckey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reginaldstuckey/

Stuckey's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheStuckeyProject

Stuckey's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1pTdJ2QB3wktwKfUYRHBhY?si=0sWbw9skSYK4omZrSv_NUw

OUTLINE:

0:00 - Introduction

0:43 - Learning to live life for yourself

2:47 - Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

7:55 - Performing live

10:50 - Prof. Buford May's Life Journey

14:46 - "Fun", as defined by a Sociologist & Integrated Segregation

18:40 - Social Experiment! 

24:28 - Mimetic Nature of Humans

27:53 - Pursuing Music as a Career?

31:30 - Music and Sociology + The incident in Chicago

38:55 - Being open to Opportunities

44:38 - Idea of the "self"

57:54 - Advice for young people

🚥 Overrated or Underrated Section 🚥

58: 28 - 🥴Making other people think you are crazy

58:58 - 🧠Sigmund Freud

59:41 - 🎙Rap music

1:04:14 - 🎓Getting a PhD

1:06:00 - 🚹 The definition of "man" (+ bonus question!)

1:10:47 - Closing words

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