When Dr. Todd Boyd began cognitively crafting “Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World” as a child growing up in 1970s Detroit before physically putting pen to paper in 2021, the 50th ...

Todd Boyd started writing his new book ... book since I was 9 years old,” the University of Southern California professor says. “Before I knew I was writing it, I was writing it.” ...

Few understand the scope of hip-hop’s reach like Dr. Todd Boyd. Known as The Notorious Ph.D, Dr. Boyd is the Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture and ...

Dr. Todd Boyd, a columnist for Page 2, is an author, media commentator and a professor of critical studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. His next book "The Notorious Ph.D.'s Guide to the ...