Marcus Evans, PhD.
@meevans.bsky.social
Phenomenology of Religion | Mythic Living | Hip-Hop and Afro-Asia. Writing on Myth & Meaning in Hip-Hop and the Wu-Tang Clan.
August 22, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Published a piece on Prodigy of Mobb Deep.
theconversation.com/prodigys-personal-mythology-remembering-the-fallen-angel-of-mobb-deep-231122?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
theconversation.com/prodigys-personal-mythology-remembering-the-fallen-angel-of-mobb-deep-231122?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
Prodigy’s personal mythology: Remembering the ‘fallen angel’ of Mobb Deep
By what myths did Prodigy live? His 2012 autobiography suggested he saw himself as living in a mythical world of dual and conflicting forces.
theconversation.com
June 10, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Published a piece on Prodigy of Mobb Deep.
theconversation.com/prodigys-personal-mythology-remembering-the-fallen-angel-of-mobb-deep-231122?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
theconversation.com/prodigys-personal-mythology-remembering-the-fallen-angel-of-mobb-deep-231122?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
I will deliver a talk on RZA and the Wu-Tang Clan on Feb 15. Please see the link & poster below on how to join in-person or online. oscarplusmcmaster.ca/employerEven...
The Global Reach of the Wu: Translating Across Race, Religion, and Culture
Feb 15, 2024 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
The Global Reach of the Wu: Translating Across Race, Religion, and Culture
Feb 15, 2024 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
February 11, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I will deliver a talk on RZA and the Wu-Tang Clan on Feb 15. Please see the link & poster below on how to join in-person or online. oscarplusmcmaster.ca/employerEven...
The Global Reach of the Wu: Translating Across Race, Religion, and Culture
Feb 15, 2024 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
The Global Reach of the Wu: Translating Across Race, Religion, and Culture
Feb 15, 2024 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
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November 16, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Register for this Dec 6 remote meeting—we all know of Depts under threat.
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Happy to have witnessed a dissertation defence where an answer to a question included "Aliens, shake your butts."
Congrats Dr. Evans!!
Congrats Dr. Evans!!
I am now a Doctor! Much thanks to my awesome committee: Professors James Benn, Ellen Badone, and Mark Rowe. Shout out to Dr. Tzarina Prater.
November 10, 2023 at 2:13 PM
Happy to have witnessed a dissertation defence where an answer to a question included "Aliens, shake your butts."
Congrats Dr. Evans!!
Congrats Dr. Evans!!
I am now a Doctor! Much thanks to my awesome committee: Professors James Benn, Ellen Badone, and Mark Rowe. Shout out to Dr. Tzarina Prater.
November 10, 2023 at 3:54 AM
I am now a Doctor! Much thanks to my awesome committee: Professors James Benn, Ellen Badone, and Mark Rowe. Shout out to Dr. Tzarina Prater.
Today is important. It is...
1) my mother's birthday
2) the eve of my birthday
3) the Wu-Tang Clan's (36 Chambers) birthday
4) the day I defend my thesis on the Wu-Tang Clan
The Gods & Earths say that "9" (3+6) means #born back into an eternal #cipher. This is truly a (re)birth day.
1) my mother's birthday
2) the eve of my birthday
3) the Wu-Tang Clan's (36 Chambers) birthday
4) the day I defend my thesis on the Wu-Tang Clan
The Gods & Earths say that "9" (3+6) means #born back into an eternal #cipher. This is truly a (re)birth day.
November 9, 2023 at 7:08 PM
A five-minute segment I did with NPR for the 30th Anniversary of Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Revisiting 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' 30 years later : NPR
www.npr.org/2023/11/05/1...
Revisiting 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' 30 years later : NPR
www.npr.org/2023/11/05/1...
www.npr.org
November 9, 2023 at 3:56 AM
A five-minute segment I did with NPR for the 30th Anniversary of Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Revisiting 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' 30 years later : NPR
www.npr.org/2023/11/05/1...
Revisiting 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' 30 years later : NPR
www.npr.org/2023/11/05/1...
An article I published with The Conversation for the 30th Anniversary of the Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Mythology. Martial Arts. Hip-Hop. Wu-Tang
theconversation.com/enter-the-wu...?
theconversation.com/enter-the-wu...?
'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' turns 30: How the album pays homage to hip-hop's mythical and mart...
Asian martial arts and films functioned as mythic models which inspired Black and brown youth in the making of ‘urban warriors,’ and later the Wu-Tang Clan.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM
An article I published with The Conversation for the 30th Anniversary of the Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Mythology. Martial Arts. Hip-Hop. Wu-Tang
theconversation.com/enter-the-wu...?
theconversation.com/enter-the-wu...?
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At long last, publication day is here: my religious biography of Tina Turner is released today!
It feels surreal; at the same time, it feels right that the book is released six months after she joined the ancestors in the realm she called “the beyond.” 🕊️
www.eerdmans.com/9780802878632/
It feels surreal; at the same time, it feels right that the book is released six months after she joined the ancestors in the realm she called “the beyond.” 🕊️
www.eerdmans.com/9780802878632/
Book Details
If you don’t know Tina Turner’s spirituality, you don’t know Tina. When Tina Turner reclaimed her throne as the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1980s...
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November 7, 2023 at 6:10 PM
At long last, publication day is here: my religious biography of Tina Turner is released today!
It feels surreal; at the same time, it feels right that the book is released six months after she joined the ancestors in the realm she called “the beyond.” 🕊️
www.eerdmans.com/9780802878632/
It feels surreal; at the same time, it feels right that the book is released six months after she joined the ancestors in the realm she called “the beyond.” 🕊️
www.eerdmans.com/9780802878632/