'How Hip-Hop Became Hit Pop'

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Location: Denison University

October 5, 2026 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Amy Coddington examines how commercial radio shaped the rise of hip-hop and its influence on American culture.

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Location:	Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts - Room 238
Ticket Info:	This lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.
Questions:	Christine Montgomery ’87 Program Coordinator, Eisner Center montgomeryc@denison.edu 740-587-6220

Over the past half-century, hip-hop has utterly transformed U.S. culture: look around, and it’s hard to see or hear something that hasn’t been influenced by the young people of color who fashioned, developed, and championed hip-hop culture. How exactly did this happen? Guest lecturer Amy Coddington, associate professor of music at Amherst College, analyzes the critical role commercial radio stations had in this transformation, examining how the racial organization of the radio industry influenced the way hip-hop music was sold to the American public.

This lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.