PinnedHanif Abdurraqib108 Favorite Albums Of 2023Ok! You survived another bout with linear time and have arrived here, once again. The number is a touch bigger than it was last year, which…Dec 31, 202332Dec 31, 202332
PinnedHanif Abdurraqib100 Favorite Albums of 2022Ok! Hello and happy Making It To The End Of The Year. The first thing you might notice this time around is that I have, for the first time…Dec 30, 20227Dec 30, 20227
PinnedHanif Abdurraqib83 Favorite Albums Of 2021The first thing you might notice this time around is that the arbitrary number of albums in this years-old tradition has dropped just a tad…Dec 30, 20213Dec 30, 20213
PinnedHanif Abdurraqib93 Favorite Albums Of 2020Well, it seems this number keeps jumping higher and higher. There was a clearer method of listening this year, with more time at home to…Dec 30, 20207Dec 30, 20207
Hanif AbdurraqibOn Loren Reed’s “Emo Prison Bars”If you are a person who has ever been incarcerated, or if you are a person who communicates with incarcerated folks by phone with any kind…Jan 28, 20211Jan 28, 20211
Hanif AbdurraqibinGENWhen Network TV Censored ‘Do the Right Thing’As a child, I knew Radio Raheem died but not how. Only later did I realize a trash can through a window was a reasonable response.Nov 27, 20204Nov 27, 20204
Hanif AbdurraqibinGENDeath Has Become a Political PropAfter so many months of casualties, the only deaths we talk about are the ones that carry a messageOct 29, 20201Oct 29, 20201
Hanif AbdurraqibinGENAs Always, Hip-Hop Will Get Us Through This Political ChaosFrom Lil Baby to Megan Thee Stallion, rap has defined the activism — and uncertainty — of the Trump eraOct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020
Hanif AbdurraqibinMomentumThere Is No ‘After’ the ProtestsA new series from GEN looks at how we can reconcile our organizing lives with our working livesSep 8, 20202Sep 8, 20202
Hanif AbdurraqibinGENThe Galvanizing Musicality of the Protest ChantAs people march against police brutality, music makes the movement more accessibleJun 10, 20205Jun 10, 20205
