“One of my favorite producers 9th Wonder teaches great courses like ‘Sampling Soul’ at Duke University and is also on HBCU North Carolina Central University’s faculty…. Nevertheless, it’s time to get our Canadian rap & R&B icons recognized & canonized academically or otherwise. And it is CRITICAL for scholars, historians, to examine the Toronto music scene that birthed Drake/Weeknd and helped create the conditions for them to become mega successful,” Higgins continued.
No word yet on if the “Crew Love” collaborators will stop by and offer a few hands-on lectures themselves but this class is sure to be packed.