THE RAW WORD

The Raw Word is a daytime show with energy and witty commentary courtesy of one of the country’s most outspoken cultural voices, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. The show also features co-hosts reality television star Claudia Jordan, Psychologist Dr. Dan Ratner and Executive Producer Ice-T.  Irreverent and witty at its core, The Raw Word specializes in a new kind of narrative – where the ordinary and the extraordinary get equal billing and where the conversation focuses squarely on what we all have in common vs. pointing to our differences.

A Conversation with Nas and Michael Eric Dyson

Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson and iconic rapper Nas analyzed the current state of hip-hop during a conversation in Gaston Hall.

Michael Eric Dyson on Rap and Hip-Hop

Dr Boyce Watkins and Michael Eric Dyson debate hip-hop at Brown University

Dr Boyce Watkins and Michael Eric Dyson discuss the status of the hip-hop music industry and whether or not it’s destroying the African American community.

Michael Eric Dyson Breaks Down What Truth Sounds Like And Hip-Hop’s Impact On The Culture

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Versus Hip Hop on Trial Debate

Jesse Jackson, KRS-One, Q-Tip, Estelle, ?uestlove, P. J. O’Rourke, Jaron Lanier, and 14 other rappers, poets, academics and pundits came together in London on 26 June to debate the motion, ‘Hip-Hop on Trial: Hip-Hop Doesn’t Enhance Society, It Degrades it’, chaired by the BBC’s Emily Maitlis, and moderated online by Jemima Khan. Presented by Intelligence Squared and Google+, it was the third in their new joint debate series, Versus. The first ever global debate on hip-hop saw fierce arguments put forward by speakers who were live on stage, and also beamed into the event via Google+ Hangouts, a live multi-person platform.