REBROADCAST: Who Made Your Beats For You? - Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo '08, MA '15 (original air date 11/28/18)
Summary: <p>UPDATE: Since this episode aired, Enongo earned her PhD from Cornell in 2019 making her a triple red!</p> <p>And because we've been on a music theme lately, we thought it was a good time to rebroadcast this episode from the very early days of the podcast. Hope you enjoy!</p> <p>________________________________________________________________________</p> <p>Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo '08, MA '15 aka Sammus is an Ithaca-raised, Philadelphia-based rap artist, producer, and PhD student in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University. Through her music she has spent the past several years cultivating a strong following of activists, hip hop heads, punks, and self-identified nerds and geeks, among others.</p> <p>Enongo will talk about growing up in Ithaca and the different lenses she's seen Ithaca through, and how she never felt like she had to choose between her "Ithaca-ness" and "Cornell-ness." You'll also hear about her musical influences, her heroes, what role video games play in her music, sexism in the music industry, and what we can expect from her next project coming out in 2019. Not only that, Enongo is currently pursuing her PhD from Cornell (triple red!) and is exploring the politics of studios and community studios in low-income areas and how there's a need for studios in the public space.</p> <p><a href="https://sammusmusic.com/">Learn more about Sammus</a>.</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://cornell.box.com/s/1b8pn0g5qewxgcas6pgadxs6bg55kuui">Episode Transcript.</a></p> <p>Hosted by Alex Zalben '99.<br> Created and produced by Amanda Massa.<br> Music by Kia Albertson-Rogers '13, <a href="https://koa3@cornell.edu/">koa3@cornell.edu</a>.<br> Artwork by Chris Kelly. </p> <p>Episode transcribed by Cait Collins.</p> <p>*The views expressed by <em>Fresh from the Hill</em> hosts and guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Cornell University.</p>
