Hip Hop: Creating Meaning and Innovation

Scholar, researcher, and member of the Recording Academy Joycelyn Wilson (Hacking Hip Hop: Design Remix Logic in Research, Method, and Practice) breaks down how hip hop works, specifically as a remix system of culture, sound, and media. As Antwan “Big Boi” Patton of OutKast says in his blurb, “The book takes the culture seriously as a form of innovation and creative intelligence while staying connected to the storytelling and experimentation that have always pushed Hip Hop forward.” This is a session for music enthusiasts and artists curious about how hip hop shapes the region, and the world.

Purchase your book from Charis Books & More. When you check-out from that link, please mention that you will need to pick your book up at the event. Books will also be for sale on-site by Charis, and a portion of your purchase will benefit the Decatur Book Festival.

This event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required, and seating is first come, first served. Signing information: Signing time: 3:45 PM

Signing location: Marriott Conference Center

About the Author

Joycelyn Wilson is an interdisciplinary researcher, essayist, and associate professor of educational anthropology, design, and media cultures at Georgia Tech. She is the principal investigator of the HipHop2020 Innovation Archive and creator of Design Remix Logic, the framework at the heart of her book, Hacking Hip Hop: Design Remix Logic in Research, Method, and Practice. Her work spans three decades across hip hop and rap music journalism, television and documentary film, and academic research, including The Routledge Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Bitter Southerner, Billboard, and Google Arts & Culture. Wilson was the 2011 Hiphop Archive Fellow at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, is a member of the Recording Academy, and is a contributor to national conversations on culture, technology, education, and design. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

About the Moderator

Rose Scott is an award-winning veteran journalist who serves as the executive producer and host of the midday news program Closer Look broadcast on Atlanta's NPR station, 90.1 FM - WABE. Rose joined WABE full time in 2008 after coming aboard as a freelancer in 2007.

Closer Look has become a signature broadcast for the community and brings together viewpoints from all sectors of society. In her role as executive producer and host, Rose has interviewed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson,  foreign heads of state, cabinet members, U.S. ambassadors, numerous consul generals, state, and local elected officials as well as civic and social leaders. With nearly 3-decades of reporting in Atlanta, she has covered a wide range of topics including education, minority health issues, sports, affordable housing, immigration, and criminal justice reform. In 2013, Rose traveled to Amman, Jordan to report on the Syrian refugee crisis. 

Rose has anchored national broadcasts for NPR and the BBC as well as guest appearances on other international, national and local news outlets.  However, it’s the Atlanta region where Rose devotes time to community concerns as she is often called upon to moderate panel discussions and host events where service to others is at the core. 

Rose is well-respected in the Atlanta community for her thought-provoking reporting style and has been honored with several awards, including a Southeast Regional Emmy Award, Telly Award, Edward R. Murrow Awards, an Atlanta Association of Black Journalists Award, numerous Georgia Association of Broadcaster awards, and awards from the Georgia Associated Press.

Rose often speaks to students from high school to colleges and universities about careers in journalism, community engagement, importance of democracy and a free press or simply as a guest speaker. In 2022, Rose was among three Clayton State University commencement speakers and gave the Oglethorpe University 2024 commencement address. Rose was also Spelman College’s 2024 National Spelman National Community Service Award recipient. Rose has been honored with many industry awards and recognitions including a Southeast Emmy, several Edward R. Murrow, Georgia Association of Broadcasters, Associated Press, Telly and Atlanta Association of Black Journalist awards.