The College of Charleston’s African American Studies program, along with the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture and the Music Industry program, will host award-winning music producer Patrick Denard Douthit, known as 9th Wonder, in the Beatty Center’s Wells Fargo Auditorium (5 Liberty St.) at 6 p.m. on October 6, 2014. This event is free and open to the public.
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9th Wonder’s presentation, titled “These are the Breaks,” will focus on his experience in the music industry as a producer for artists including Jay-Z, Destiny’s Child and Mary J. Blige. He will also discuss the history of the hip-hop genre and how he thinks the music industry will change in the future.
Singer Pharrell Williams (left) with 9th Wonder. Image from 9thwonder.com.
“9th Wonder’s talk will focus on music, and it will be relevant to those interested in African American studies, sociology and anthropology, history and political science among many other fields,” Anthony Greene, assistant professor of African American Studies, said. “He’s very accomplished in the music industry and it’s a huge honor to have him at the College.”
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When he’s not producing music, 9th Wonder teaches a course on the history and culture of hip-hop at Duke and North Carolina Central Universities, and he is a hip-hop fellow at Harvard University. Additionally, 9th Wonder is the president, founder and CEO of It’s a Wonderful World Music Group, and he is the National Ambassador for Hip-Hop Relations and Culture for the NAACP.
A reception for 9th Wonder will take place in the second floor lounge of the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship Center at 4:30 p.m. The reception is also free and open to the public.
