By: Henry Solotaroff-Webber Featured Image Courtesy of Rich Robbins On All.This.Gold, Madison emcee from Chicago Rich Robbins exhibits the ambition typical of a sophomore project with none of the pitfalls. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin’s …
6th Cohort of First Wave
The 6th Cohort of First Wave
The University of Wisconsin wasn’t attracting diverse applicants. So it did something bold
By: Samara DiMouro Ashley Thomas, a Harlem native and senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, never thought she’d end up in the Midwest.
FIRST WAVE: SPOKEN WORD AND HIP HOP IN HARLEM
Five remarkably talented young people make up the touring group of First Wave – a university sponsored Spoken Word / Hip Hop group. They are the representatives of the first major college program that promotes …