Temple University announces new course on Kendrick Lamar with an ‘Africological analysis’ of his life
You can now study Kendrick Lamar at this university
- Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is set to offer a new course this autumn titled "Kendrick Lamar and the Morale of M.A.A.D City".
- The course, taught by Assistant Professor Timothy Welbeck, will provide an in-depth Africological analysis of Kendrick Lamar's life and his significant impact on hip-hop.
- Students will explore how Lamar's art reflects the Black experience in America and examine the urban policies that influenced his upbringing.
- Professor Welbeck spent a year planning the curriculum, having previously incorporated Lamar's material into other classes.
- The university's Africology and African American Studies department has shown a strong embrace of hip-hop studies, with other courses focusing on artists such as Tupac, Beyoncé, and Jay-Z.