Erik Nielson is an associate professor of liberal arts at the University of Richmond, where he teaches courses on African American literature and hip hop culture. A co-author of Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America, he lives in Richmond, Virginia, and Brooklyn, New York.
Watch authors Erik Nielson and Andrea Dennis discuss Rap on Trial, the use of rap lyrics to prosecute men of color, and systemic injustice with Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival founder Wes Jackson in an online event with the Brooklyn Historical Society.
