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Avatar Evolution: The Pros and Cons of Virtual Artists

Hip-Hop is the sound of the future and the future is coming fast. Join our host, writer, multimedia producer and professor of media arts and culture Dr. Taj Frazier as he explores the way Hip-Hop artists and entrepreneurs are reshaping and remixing emerging technologies.

Avatar Evolution: The Pros and Cons of Virtual Artists

Season 1 Episode 3 | 9m 2s | CC

Are virtual avatars the next evolution for Hip-Hop? And what are the problems they pose when they’re misused? In this episode, our host Taj Frazier, PhD takes a look at emerging Virtual Artists and the long history of musicians using alter egos to transform and explore their image and sound.

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