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DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & Marcus Books present:\n\nMICHAEL ERIC DYSON\nJAY-Z: 
 Made in America\n\nAdvance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent 
 bookstores, $15 door, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM  info: kpfa.org/events  
 \n\nBestselling author Michael Eric Dyson has created a powerful portrait 
 of JAY-Z as a true cultural Icon.  JAY-Z is America at its scrappy, brash, 
 irreverent, soulful, ingenious best: as transcendent a cultural icon as 
 Frank Sinatra, as adventurous a self-made billionaire as Mark Zuckerberg, 
 as gifted a poet as Walt Whitman. As he reaches the half-century mark, 
 JAY-Z has logged thirty years as a recording artist, become the genre's 
 first billionaire, and now reigns as an elder statesman in a field teeming 
 with artists half his age as he continues to make relevant rap records that 
 invariably chart well.\n \nJAY-Z's body of work is an artistic and 
 political response to revived racism and renewed hostility to blackness. It 
 is an auspicious time to examine his ideas, gifts, and impact, to take 
 measure of his stride as a cultural colossus. There is no one better suited 
 to this task than Michael Eric Dyson, who has investigated and championed 
 Hip Hop and the work of JAY- Z as a critical American art form for decades. 
 Just as JAY-Z requested in his 2003 song "Public Service Announcement," to 
 "Allow me to re-introduce myself," this incisive celebration will introduce 
 his work and thought to those who may not know him, and re-introduce him to 
 those who want to examine his art and his evolution more closely. JAY-Z is 
 a witness to America, a witness of America, and we-this book included-are 
 witness to him and the nation.  Describing the evolution of JAY-Z's work 
 and thinking, Dr. Dyson offers an in-depth analysis of some of this unique 
 artist's most beloved lyrics. \n \nMichael Eric Dyson, one of America's 
 premier public intellectuals, is the author of the New York Times' 
 bestsellers "Tears We Cannot Stop"  and  "What Truth Sounds Like."\n\n$12 
 advance, $15 door.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/09/18827951.php
SUMMARY:Michael Eric Dyson: JAY-Z: Made in America
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\n2345 Channing Way\nBerkeley, CA 
 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/09/18827951.php
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