The Laboratory for Race & Popular Culture (RAP Lab) at the University of California, Los Angeles is an interdisciplinary space for developing and exchanging ideas at the intersection of race and popular culture. We engage in active production of diversity — in research, in teaching, in outreach — rather than good natured discussion of it. We bring together students, faculty, and community leaders to work on collaborative and individual research, publications, archives, courses, community projects, and public events.
Welcome Back, Bruins!
Fall quarter is here and we are ecstatic to start our Fall programming. Check out our welcome letter detailing some of the Lab’s current projects and community engagement.
The Anthology of Rap Redux
Following the release of the first anthology in 2010, Dr. Bradley is back at it again. This time, he tackles the decade of 2010-2020, focusing on the songs and artists that have defined the genre.
Hip Hop Studies Working Group
Organized by Dr. H. Samy Alim and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, the Hip Hop Studies Working Group is a collaborative space for graduate students and faculty to read the latest literature, share their own work, and receive feedback on their writing from a critical and caring circle of scholars.
From
October 1 — December 1
Inspired by a natural sciences laboratory, the RAP Lab is experimental, project driven, and outward looking. We bring together students, faculty, and community leaders to work on collaborative and individual research, publications, archives, courses, community projects, and public events.
