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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#383838" size="4" face="Georgia">The situation is similar in academia. That is, in order to establish oneself as a serious scholar, an academic must get their work – typically some sort of written product – published in a peer-reviewed journal, which is a journal in which works are evaluated by others in a given field to ensure their relevance and quality.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#383838" size="4" face="Georgia">As a rap artist and academic, I wondered if I could do the same thing with my new album. Could I get my album “published” through an academic press?</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#383838" size="4" face="Georgia">Thankfully, I have discovered that the answer was “yes.” In August 2020, my album became what Michigan Publishing described as the</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font color="#383838" size="4" face="Georgia">“</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><a href="https://www.publishing.umich.edu/stories-of-impact/rethinking-peer-review"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><u><font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Georgia">first ever peer-reviewed rap album published by a university press</font></u></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#383838" size="4" face="Georgia">.” This is a development that I believe could open doors for scholars from all kinds of different backgrounds – including but not limited to hip-hop scholars – to contribute new forms of knowledge.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><a href="https://theconversation.com/hip-hop-professor-looks-to-open-doors-with-worlds-first-peer-reviewed-rap-album-153761?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2016%202021%20-%201890818468&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2016%202021%20-%201890818468+CID_1f8b35a922a7f55bf911c63b71a75fb6&utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&utm_term=Hip-hop%20professor%20looks%20to%20open%20doors%20with%20worlds%20first%20peer-reviewed%20rap%20album"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0563C1" face="Calibri">https://theconversation.com/hip-hop-professor-looks-to-open-doors-with-worlds-first-peer-reviewed-rap-album-153761?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2016%202021%20-%201890818468&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2016%202021%20-%201890818468+CID_1f8b35a922a7f55bf911c63b71a75fb6&utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&utm_term=Hip-hop%20professor%20looks%20to%20open%20doors%20with%20worlds%20first%20peer-reviewed%20rap%20album</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
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