Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge

One of Hip Hop's favorite Sax Gods, Terrace Martin is a multi instrumentalist, producer and composer. He is the sound of modern Crenshaw. This week Terrace and Adrian discuss growing up in south central LA during the crack epidemic and how environment shapes perspective, art and culture.

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Mahershala Ali is one of the most celebrated and accomplished theatrical performers of our time. Winning an Oscar for each of his roles in Moonlight and Greenbook, he became the first Muslim to win an Academy Award. In this episode Adrian and Mahershala speak about the importance of nuanced representation in film, finding oneself through faith and the transformation of ideas into ideology.

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Public Enemy was constantly viewed by the white media as a black radical group; a nonsensical tension to the guard that spread hate opposed to consciousness. In this episode, Adrian Younge and Chuck D discuss the meaning behind their music and the posterity for Black America. 

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Raphael Saadiq's extraordinary talent has made him one of the most distinguished voices in American music. From his very humble beginnings in Oakland, he’s become an internationally renowned superstar. In this episode, Adrian speaks with Raphael about growing up in a drug riddled community and processing death through art.

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Digable planets was the pinnacle of cool for early '90s hip hop culture.  LadyBug Mecca was the sole female voice of this seductive trio of music revolutionaries, waltzing the line between pop crossover culture and conscious hip hop.  In this episode, Adrian Younge and LadyBug Mecca discuss the power behind the black female voice in culture's past, present and future. 

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A highlight from Adrian Younge and Mahershala Ali's conversation on the importance of nuanced representation in film, finding oneself through faith and the transformation of ideas into ideology.

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"Invisible Blackness" delves into the etiology of our voyage, with rhetorical criticism and commentary on how to understand racism. The primary objective is to discover, illustrate, and make visible the dominant ideologies embedded in America’s culture; in addition, the ideologies that are being muted within. Join us weekly for reflection with Adrian Younge, accompanied by interviews of Black Filmmakers, Actors, Musicians, and Scholars.

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