41 minutes | May 31, 2023

Pop Music as Black Music with Coco Jones

Whitney Houston was booed at the 1988 Soul Train Awards and critiqued for not making “Black music.” But isn’t pop music Black music? Selema Masekela explores this question through a discussion with the NMAAHC’s Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs Dr. Dwandalyn Reece and NYU professor Naima Cochrane, followed by an interview with rising popstar Coco Jones.

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