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Authors Earl Hopkins and Jeremy C. McCool will talk about their book, Raps of Resistance: How Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition, which focuses on the evolution of socially conscious rap. It also emphasizes the roles Lamar and Cole have played in its recent formation.

They will also discuss the research and reporting that went into the project, and the local figures who contributed to the text.