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A crowd surge left 10 people dead at the Astroworld Festival, organized by rapper Travis Scott. (YouTube)

November 30, 2021

The Astroworld tragedy: A look into the messianic world of hip hop and rap

Sylvie Genest, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

The crowd surge at the Astroworld festival that killed 10 people and injured hundreds highlights the messianic nature of rappers.

State Farm’s ‘Drake’ ad was one of the Twitter winners of the Super Bowl. State Farm

February 8, 2021

Drake and Jake, Mountain Dew’s millions and the Marvel Universe – which ads won the Super Bowl, and which fell flat

Alexander Carter, University of Tennessee

Advertisers forked over $5.5 million for a mere 30 seconds of air time during the Super Bowl. Here’s Twitter’s verdict on which brands got social media bang for their bucks.

Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam soars to the hoop over Golden State Warriors player Andre Iguaodala during Game 1 of the NBA Finals in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gregory Shamus

June 3, 2019

Toronto’s multicultural Raptors: Teamwork and individualism

Gamal Abdel-Shehid, York University, Canada

The Raptors’ success in reaching the NBA final for the first time in the franchise’s history is an opportunity to reflect on the diversity of the team.

Rapper Drake watches the action at an NBA game in Toronto in 2016. A recent battle between Drake and Pusha-T brought the issue of blackface back into the headlines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

June 11, 2018

The problem with blackface

Philip S. S. Howard, McGill University

Is blackface ever innocent? Is it less racist when a Black person enacts it as a statement of resistance? Because of our history of deep and ongoing racism in Canada, the answer is no.

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