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joanmorgan

About Me


I created my own profile using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM------------------------------ My official bio reads "Joan Morgan is an award-winning journalist and author and a provocative cultural critic. A pioneering hip-hop journalist and entertainent writer, she began her professional writing career freelancing for The Village Voice before having her work published by Vibe, Interview, MS, More, Spin, Giant and numerous other publications. Formerly the Executive Editor of Essence and one of the original staff writers at VIBE, Joan Morgan is the author of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost — a fresh, witty, and irreverent book that marks the literary debut of one of the most original, perceptive, and engaging young social commentators in America today. Her work appears in numerous college texts, as well as books on feminism, music and African-American culture. She is currently teaches "The History of Hip-Hop Journalism" at Duke University."So that's what I do. Here's a bit about who I am. I'm a Jamerican girl, born in hills of Westmoreland Jamaica and raised in the South Bronx whose been lucky enough to carve out a career writing about the things I care about most: among them hip-hop culture and the lives of black women. I have an amazing kid whose wit, courage, kindness and heart inspire and humble me everyday. I'm a New Yorker, a city girl through and through. I love great restaurants, stilettos, a good mojito and fine wine but I live in the country so I can hear myself think. I write from my office overlooking the river with my dog at my feet. All things considered its a pretty good life. ---------------------------------------------------------As well be sure to log onto www.rapsessions.org. there are some really cool video streams there.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

After this many years as an entertainment journalist I've been lucky enough to meet a lot of the people I've been interested in over the years. Do have a few regrets. Would have loved to met Bob Marley, interviewed James Brown, Luther Vandross, Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and Princess Diana. Still holding out for Nelson Mandela, Oprah, Bono, The Rolling Stones, Bill Clinton (who I did get to meet once, but only really briefly) Barack Obama, Toni Morrison and Aretha Franklin...

My Blog

Only 48 Hours After the Interview Posted...

Check Out The Latest Issue To Come Out of Camp Hill. Things that make you go Hmmmmmm...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* February 28, 2008 *Contact: *Press Office, [email protected] Show q...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:34:00 GMT

A Chance For An Obama/Clinton Ticket?

Check out my 15 minutes with Senator Clinton at the State of the Black Union.http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2008/02/dec ision08_hillary_clinton_obama/
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:34:00 GMT

Keith Clinkscales Serves Jason Whitlock's Ass on A Platter...

Whitlock Provides Diversion From Imus IssueMedia Laps Up Attack on Black Leadership, Hip HopBy KEITH T. CLINKSCALESSports CommentaryEditor's note: Keith T. Clinkscales is the general manager of ESPN T...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:10:00 GMT

Salon.com wans to know "Is Rap Racist?" We Answered...

Is rap racist?Don Imus' shocking comments about the Rutger's women's basketball team were problematic enough on their own, but after the shock jock was fired from both of his jobs, the conversation ha...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:03:00 GMT

Bev Bond Says It's So Much Bigger Than Imus...

I had every intention of writing about hair and beauty products, and my fabulous experiences as a celebrity DJ over the last month & but then Don Imus decided to call the Rutgers basketball team "napp...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:40:00 GMT

Joan Morgan and Bobbito Garcia Want You.....

To Sweat. Check out our party on March 26th at APT in New York. The Flyer is the profile pic on my page. Until,Joan
Posted by on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:14:00 GMT

Hip-Hop and the Academy (Another reason to love Davey D)

ACADEMIC HIP-HOP? YES, YES Y'ALL...BY Reyhan Harmanci, Chronicle Staff WriterMonday, March 5, 2007http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03 /05/DDG3MOE3041.DTLWhen hip-hop journalist and...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:05:00 GMT

At Duke, Doing the Damn Thing

    "All the News That's Fit to Print?:Hip-Hop, Urban Culture and Mainstream Print Journalism"A Panel Discussion FeaturingKelefa Sanneh, music critic, The New York TimesScott Poulson-Bryant,...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:35:00 GMT

If Barack Ain't Black Then Neither Am I

------So I've just spent another week wandering around in the wacky world of American racial politics only to discover that according to Debra Dickerson's "Colorblind" column on salon.com http://www.s...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:38:00 GMT