read me

read me

Or, listen:

If that’s more your speed.

The biggest posse cut you’ve never heard.

A year after Amadou Diallo was killed by police in the Bronx, Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli release “Hip Hop For Respect,” an EP featuring over 41 rappers to protest Diallo’s death. 24 years later, Khadija Alam and Rachel Kahn ask: why has no one heard it?

For Season 5 of Shoe Leather.