A Guest in the House

Music Courtesy of Traum Diggs [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/]: Jazz Hop ft. Natayla [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/track/jazz-hop-ft-natayla] by Traum Diggs. 1988 ft. Hache ST [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/track/1988-ft-hache-st] by Traum Diggs. Our Spotify playlist: A Guest in the House Podcast Picks [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3chvTujYPpod7Pvx0g9jTb?si=e-W91Y6tQjO0pDPJU7QTSQ&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1] ---------- David Shanks, aka Traum Diggs, is an MC/writer/journalist from Brooklyn, NY. He began writing articles in 2005, contributing correspondent features for print and online publications and has participated in conferences and panels at several colleges and universities including Rider University and SUNY- Rockland. He has also contributed chapters in Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3]; Expressive Writing: Classroom and Community [https://www.amazon.com/Expressive-Writing-Classroom-Community-W-R-I-T-ebook/dp/B00M3VXH68/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Expressive+Writing%3A+Classroom+and+Community&qid=1597278233&s=books&sr=1-1]; and St. James Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop Culture [https://www.amazon.com/St-James-Encyclopedia-Hip-Culture/dp/1410380815/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=St.+James+Encyclopedia+of+Hip-Hop&qid=1597278882&s=books&sr=1-1]. His independent album releases include Jazz Hop [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop], Major Journalism [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/major-journalism], and Jazz Hop II [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop-vol-2].   A more complete discography is available at traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] . Social: traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] IG [https://www.instagram.com/traumdiggs/]:  @traumdiggs Twitter [https://twitter.com/TraumDiggs]:  @traumdiggs Dr. Mickey Hess is Professor of English at Rider University and the author of A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop: How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky What a White Ally Should Be [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HY7MBG4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1]. With rapper and producer Buddha Monk, Mickey co-authored The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ICMMVYQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0]. His other books include Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KKXNYG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4]; Is Hip-Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Most Wanted Music [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0275994619/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i6]; and the edited collections Icons of Hip-Hop [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313339023/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i7] and Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3] Social: mickeyhess [https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/mickey-hess] Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MickeyHess]@mickeyhess

Music Courtesy of Traum Diggs [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/]: "My Journal" [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/track/my-journal] by Traum Diggs.  Available on the Bandcamp Exclusive Deluxe edition of AudioBioGraphic. [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/audiobiographic-deluxe-bandcamp-exclusive] Our Spotify playlist: A Guest in the House Podcast Picks [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3chvTujYPpod7Pvx0g9jTb?si=e-W91Y6tQjO0pDPJU7QTSQ&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1] ---------- David Shanks, aka Traum Diggs, is an MC/writer/journalist from Brooklyn, NY. He began writing articles in 2005, contributing correspondent features for print and online publications and has participated in conferences and panels at several colleges and universities including Rider University and SUNY- Rockland. He has also contributed chapters in Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3]; Expressive Writing: Classroom and Community [https://www.amazon.com/Expressive-Writing-Classroom-Community-W-R-I-T-ebook/dp/B00M3VXH68/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Expressive+Writing%3A+Classroom+and+Community&qid=1597278233&s=books&sr=1-1]; and St. James Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop Culture [https://www.amazon.com/St-James-Encyclopedia-Hip-Culture/dp/1410380815/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=St.+James+Encyclopedia+of+Hip-Hop&qid=1597278882&s=books&sr=1-1]. His independent album releases include Jazz Hop [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop], Major Journalism [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/major-journalism], and Jazz Hop II [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop-vol-2].   A more complete discography is available at traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] . Social: traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] IG [https://www.instagram.com/traumdiggs/]:  @traumdiggs Twitter [https://twitter.com/TraumDiggs]:  @traumdiggs Dr. Mickey Hess is Professor of English at Rider University and the author of A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop: How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky What a White Ally Should Be [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HY7MBG4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1]. With rapper and producer Buddha Monk, Mickey co-authored The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ICMMVYQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0]. His other books include Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KKXNYG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4]; Is Hip-Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Most Wanted Music [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0275994619/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i6]; and the edited collections Icons of Hip-Hop [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313339023/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i7] and Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3] Social: mickeyhess [https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/mickey-hess] Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MickeyHess]@mickeyhess

Music Courtesy of Traum Diggs [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/]: "Heartskip" (ft. RES and Hector Mario) [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/track/heartskip-ft-res-and-hector-mario] by Traum Diggs Our Spotify playlist: A Guest in the House Podcast Picks [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3chvTujYPpod7Pvx0g9jTb?si=e-W91Y6tQjO0pDPJU7QTSQ&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1] ---------- David Shanks, aka Traum Diggs, is an MC/writer/journalist from Brooklyn, NY. He began writing articles in 2005, contributing correspondent features for print and online publications and has participated in conferences and panels at several colleges and universities including Rider University and SUNY- Rockland. He has also contributed chapters in Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3]; Expressive Writing: Classroom and Community [https://www.amazon.com/Expressive-Writing-Classroom-Community-W-R-I-T-ebook/dp/B00M3VXH68/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Expressive+Writing%3A+Classroom+and+Community&qid=1597278233&s=books&sr=1-1]; and St. James Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop Culture [https://www.amazon.com/St-James-Encyclopedia-Hip-Culture/dp/1410380815/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=St.+James+Encyclopedia+of+Hip-Hop&qid=1597278882&s=books&sr=1-1]. His independent album releases include Jazz Hop [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop], Major Journalism [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/major-journalism], and Jazz Hop II [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop-vol-2].   A more complete discography is available at traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] . Social: traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] IG [https://www.instagram.com/traumdiggs/]:  @traumdiggs Twitter [https://twitter.com/TraumDiggs]:  @traumdiggs Dr. Mickey Hess is Professor of English at Rider University and the author of A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop: How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky What a White Ally Should Be [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HY7MBG4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1]. With rapper and producer Buddha Monk, Mickey co-authored The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ICMMVYQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0]. His other books include Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KKXNYG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4]; Is Hip-Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Most Wanted Music [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0275994619/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i6]; and the edited collections Icons of Hip-Hop [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313339023/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i7] and Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3] Social: mickeyhess [https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/mickey-hess] Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MickeyHess]@mickeyhess

Music Courtesy of Traum Diggs [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/]: "Intro" [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/track/intro] "Black Champion" [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/track/black-champion] "On the Road Again" [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-road-again-2] All music tracks featured in this episode are from Black Champion EP [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/black-champion-ep] by Traum Diggs Black Champion EP [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/black-champion-ep] is available for free download on Bandcamp [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/black-champion-ep]. Our Spotify playlist: A Guest in the House Podcast Picks [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3chvTujYPpod7Pvx0g9jTb?si=e-W91Y6tQjO0pDPJU7QTSQ&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1] ---------- David Shanks, aka Traum Diggs, is an MC/writer/journalist from Brooklyn, NY. He began writing articles in 2005, contributing correspondent features for print and online publications and has participated in conferences and panels at several colleges and universities including Rider University and SUNY- Rockland. He has also contributed chapters in Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3]; Expressive Writing: Classroom and Community [https://www.amazon.com/Expressive-Writing-Classroom-Community-W-R-I-T-ebook/dp/B00M3VXH68/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Expressive+Writing%3A+Classroom+and+Community&qid=1597278233&s=books&sr=1-1]; and St. James Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop Culture [https://www.amazon.com/St-James-Encyclopedia-Hip-Culture/dp/1410380815/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=St.+James+Encyclopedia+of+Hip-Hop&qid=1597278882&s=books&sr=1-1]. His independent album releases include Jazz Hop [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop], Major Journalism [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/major-journalism], and Jazz Hop II [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop-vol-2].   A more complete discography is available at traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] . Social: traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] IG [https://www.instagram.com/traumdiggs/]:  @traumdiggs Twitter [https://twitter.com/TraumDiggs]:  @traumdiggs Dr. Mickey Hess is Professor of English at Rider University and the author of A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop: How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky What a White Ally Should Be [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HY7MBG4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1]. With rapper and producer Buddha Monk, Mickey co-authored The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ICMMVYQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0]. His other books include Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KKXNYG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4]; Is Hip-Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Most Wanted Music [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0275994619/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i6]; and the edited collections Icons of Hip-Hop [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313339023/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i7] and Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3] Social: mickeyhess [https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/mickey-hess] Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MickeyHess]@mickeyhess

Music Courtesy of Traum Diggs [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/]: "Bars" [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/track/bars] by Traum Diggs Our Spotify playlist: A Guest in the House Podcast Picks [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3chvTujYPpod7Pvx0g9jTb?si=e-W91Y6tQjO0pDPJU7QTSQ&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1] ---------- David Shanks, aka Traum Diggs, is an MC/writer/journalist from Brooklyn, NY. He began writing articles in 2005, contributing correspondent features for print and online publications and has participated in conferences and panels at several colleges and universities including Rider University and SUNY- Rockland. He has also contributed chapters in Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3]; Expressive Writing: Classroom and Community [https://www.amazon.com/Expressive-Writing-Classroom-Community-W-R-I-T-ebook/dp/B00M3VXH68/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Expressive+Writing%3A+Classroom+and+Community&qid=1597278233&s=books&sr=1-1]; and St. James Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop Culture [https://www.amazon.com/St-James-Encyclopedia-Hip-Culture/dp/1410380815/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=St.+James+Encyclopedia+of+Hip-Hop&qid=1597278882&s=books&sr=1-1]. His independent album releases include Jazz Hop [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop], Major Journalism [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/major-journalism], and Jazz Hop II [https://traumdiggs.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop-vol-2].   A more complete discography is available at traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] . Social: traumdiggs.com [http://traumdiggs.com/] IG [https://www.instagram.com/traumdiggs/]:  @traumdiggs Twitter [https://twitter.com/TraumDiggs]:  @traumdiggs Dr. Mickey Hess is Professor of English at Rider University and the author of A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop: How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky What a White Ally Should Be [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HY7MBG4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1]. With rapper and producer Buddha Monk, Mickey co-authored The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol' Dirty Bastard [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ICMMVYQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0]. His other books include Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KKXNYG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4]; Is Hip-Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Most Wanted Music [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0275994619/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i6]; and the edited collections Icons of Hip-Hop [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313339023/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i7] and Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O4DNCU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3] Social: mickeyhess [https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/mickey-hess] Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MickeyHess]@mickeyhess