Arguably, best investigative journalist of her time, 19th-century trailblazer,  anti lynching champion and a force to be reckoned with. From her days in the Deep South to her fearless exposés, we’re bringing you into the battle rap ring with the one and only Ida B. Wells!

Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media

This episode features:

Emailer 1     Janelle Brown

Ida                Georgia Me

Special thanks to our voice actors:

MC/Dee       Karen Morrow

DJ                 Rodrick Morrow

Announcer  Janelle Brown

Executive Producers       Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola

Senior Producer                 Janicia Francis

Managing Producer          JoAnn DeLuna

Production Coordinator Homero Radway

Production Assistant      Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson

Writers                                    Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence

Sound Engineer                 Toni Paulsen

Fact checker                       LaPorsche Thomas

Music Supervisor             Patricia Wangechi Kihoro

Theme Song                      Freedom by Pharell Williams

Music featured in this episode include:

0s and 1s by Ballpoint

Flavor by Ballpoint

First to Fall by Toby Tranter

Globular by _91nova

Outta my Way by APOLLO

Goodie Bags by Dylan Sitts

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