J. Lately is an emcee, hailing from the Bay Area of California. We will be talking about his album titled, “Be F******g Happy”.

Mad Squablz is an emcee, representing, Philadelphia, Pa. We will be talking about his album titled, “Lamps”.

Nomis is an emcee, representing southern California. We will be talking about his album titled, “Rhodes to Rome”

WrittenByC4 is an emcee representing New York City and New Jersey. We will be talking about his album titled, “One of the Greats”.

CAP 6 is an artistic collective comprised of multiple emcees and one DJ (Intricate, Nové, Hakeem Furious, Donny Blot, & Robert Ohtis). Cap 6 is based out of Tallahassee, FL. We will be talking about their album titled, “JELLY”

MarQ Spekt is an indie hip hop artist representing Philadelphia, PA . We will be talking about his album titled, “At War with the Shadows”

“I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness”, gives an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America. It presents an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront apathy, recognize God's ongoing work in the world, and discover how blackness--if we let it--can save us all.

Austin Channing Brown is a writer, speaker, and practitioner who helps schools, nonprofits and religious organizations practice genuine inclusion.

The Foreigners are a duo consisting of Dre Skuffs and Passport Rav. They are both hailing from New Jersey. We will be talking about their self-titled EP, “The Foreigners”.

Dr. Tommy J. Curry is the author of the groundbreaking book titled, “The MAN-NOT: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood”. Dr. Tommy J. Curry posits that we should conceptualize the Black male as a victim, oppressed by his sex. He argues that Black men struggle with death and suicide, as well as abuse and rape, and their genred existence deserves study and theorization. This book offers intellectual, historical, sociological, and psychological evidence that the analysis of patriarchy offered by mainstream feminism (including Black feminism) does not yet fully understand the role that homoeroticism, sexual violence, and vulnerability play in the deaths and lives of Black males. Dr. Curry challenges how we think of and perceive the conditions that actually affect all Black males. Dr. Tommy J. Curry is a Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies at Texas AandM University.

Jonah Cruzz is an emcee, representing Atlanta, GA. We will be talking about his mixtape, “Just to Get By”.