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Author: Michaelangelo Matos

Hip Hop 

Hip-Hop Still Runs On Dilla Time

August 9, 2022August 8, 2022 Michaelangelo Matos 1 Comment Books, Dan Charnas, Dilla, Dilla Time, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, Hip-hop, J. Dilla, James Yancey, Janet Jackson, Jay Dee, Q-Tip, Slum Village

In a new biography, author Dan Charnas dissects the soul of the gifted and complicated Detroit beat guru

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Hip Hop Music Journalism Rap 

The Thin Line Between Rap and Reality

December 6, 2021February 19, 2024 Michaelangelo Matos 1 Comment 2 Live Crew, 2021, Books, Death Certificate, Eric Harvey, Geraldo Rivera, Ice Cube, Michaelangelo Matos, Oprah Winfrey, Run DMC, University of Texas Press, Who Got The Camera: A History of Rap and Reality

An interview with Eric Harvey, author of the new history of hip-hop and tabloid TV, Who Got the Camera?

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Music Journalism 

The Literature of American Pop

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Michaelangelo Matos 0 Comments 2021, Ann Powers, Duke University Press, Eric Weisbard, Michaelangelo Matos, Music Journalism, Songbooks, Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music, William Gibson

Acclaimed journalist and author Michaelangelo Matos talks with Museum of Pop Culture’s Eric Weisbard about his important new tome Songbooks

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