Tricia Rose (born October 18, 1962) is an American sociologist and author who pioneered scholarship on hip hop. Her studies mainly probe the

intersectionality Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege. Intersectionality identifies multiple factors of adva ...

of pop music and gender. Now at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, she is a professor of Africana Studies and is the director of the Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Rose also co-hosts a podcast,

The Tight Rope ''The Tight Rope'' is a weekly podcast hosted by Cornel West and Tricia Rose. The episodes are generally one hour long, frequently feature guests, and are released every Thursday. Since June 2021, the podcast has been exclusively available on Patr ...

, with Cornel West.

Early years and education

Born in

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, Rose lived in

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until 1970 when, at age seven, her family moved from their

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building to Co-op City, a new and large complex of cooperative apartments in the northeast

Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

. Rose earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

. Earning a PhD degree in American studies, partly under

George Lipsitz George Lipsitz is an American Studies scholar and professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of over half a dozen books, including ''The Possessive Investment in Whiteness''. He is ...

, from

, Rose became the first person in the United States to write a doctoral dissertation on hip hop.

Academia and authorship

For nine years, Rose taught Africana studies at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

. In 2002, she moved to the

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, and in July 2003 became chair of its

American Studies American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American literature, history, society, and culture. It traditionally incorporates literary criticism, historiography and critical theory. Schol ...

department. Now at

, Rose is the Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies. And since July 2013, she has been, at Brown, the director of the Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Rose's first book, ''Black Noise'', emerging from her doctoral dissertation on hip hop, sparked academic recognition of this subculture's legacy. ''

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'' placed it among the top 25 books of 1994, and the Before Columbus Foundation, in 1995, gave it an American Book Award.

Books

*author,
Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America
' (

Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist. History and overview Founded (in its present form ...

, 1994) *author,
Longing to Tell: Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy
' (

Farrar, Straus & Giroux Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger Williams Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar. FSG is known for publishing literary books, and its authors have won numerous awards, including Pulitzer ...

, 2003) *author,
The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop—and Why It Matters
' (

Basic Books Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history. H ...

, 2008) *contributor and, with Andrew Ross, editor,
Microphone Fiends: Youth Music and Youth Culture
' (

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, 1994)

References

External links

Official website of Tricia Rose

Selected videos

Hip Hop Futures - Talk at Cornell University about the current and future state of hip hop culture
*State of the Black Union 2009: Speaks about issues about the economy, hip-hop, and urban cultur
Part 1Part 2Speaks about hip hop imagery, women and exploitation in an interviewCreating Conversations on Justice
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