SCOOP JACKSON on Defining Your Own Path

April 24th, 2025  |  33 mins 39 secs

Scoop Jackson has had a remarkable career spanning over 30 years as a professional journalist, primarily focusing on music and sports. His byline has appeared in Slam, XXL, Wax Poetics, Vibe, and The Source magazines, as well as several projects with ESPN.

TROY GUA on Affirming Identity Through Art

December 10th, 2024  |  38 mins 37 secs

Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Troy Gua is a self-taught artist, continuously cultivating a prolific output of smart, bold work in a diverse range of media. His most famous work is Le Petit Prince, which is an ongoing series of detailed and meticulously staged photographs of a single figurine that chronicle the life and career of Prince. The project is long and storied and has become beloved to many in the Prince fan community.

DE ANGELA DUFF on Generative AI in Higher Education

October 7th, 2024  |  46 mins 4 secs

De Angela Duff is an Associate Vice Provost at New York University and Industry Professor in Integrated Design & Media at NYU Tandon in Brooklyn, New York. She organizes and leads conferences and workshops on generative AI for teaching and learning in higher education. She also curates music symposia and has conducted more than a dozen of in-person and virtual events that focus on the artist Prince.

JASON ORR on Preserving Community Through the Arts

August 27th, 2024  |  32 mins 52 secs

culture, film, music

Jason Orr is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and festival producer. Notably, he is the founder of FunkJazz Kafé Arts & Music Festival, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary in Atlanta, Georgia. Orr is also a producer of “Maynard”; the documentary on former Atlanta mayor and visionary, Maynard Jackson.

MILES MARSHALL LEWIS on Credibility in Music Journalism

August 5th, 2024  |  52 mins 17 secs

journalism, music

Miles Marshall Lewis is a cultural critic, journalist, and author of several books, the most recent being “Promise That You Will Sing About Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar”. He discusses his path to journalism, leaving New York City to live in Paris for several years, and his unexpected interview with Prince that led to an Ebony magazine cover story in 2015. As of August 5th 2024, he became the Cultural Historian for The Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx, opening in 2025.