Concordia University will be offering a course on Dave Chappelle next semester. Professor Yassin “Narcy” Alsalman appeared on the Jibber With Jaber podcast, earlier this week, to discuss what students can expect from the course. In previous years, Narcy has taught classes on Kanye West and other hip-hop artists.
“I’m writing my syllabus right now and from what Dave and the community around him gave me I’m gonna kind of celebrate that at the 50th anniversary of hip-hop as a community,” Narcy told Ahman Jaber, host of the podcast.
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Narcy continued: “So we’re gonna go through The Chappelle Show, we’re gonna watch some of his specials […], I’m gonna do a Black Star class, I’m gonna do a The Roots class, I’m gonna do an Erykah Badu class, a Soulquarians class, and talk about just the juxtaposition of the responsibility of comedy in music, and then the consumption of Black performance and what does that mean in North America […]”
He added that he plans to invite various friends from the industry and possibly even Chappelle himself. “I’m gonna ask people from the community, the friends of mine that I made in that community, to possibly come and maybe we’ll get Dave. Maybe Dave will come maybe he won’t but that’s not really why I’m doing it,” Narcy added.
Narcy Discusses The Dave Chappelle Course
During past courses, Narcy has brought in Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, and Kaytranada as guests during his lectures. His course on Dave Chappelle will begin in the upcoming fall semester at Concordia University. He began teaching at the school back in 2011, after focusing on a rap career of his own. Darcy also released a multi-genre collection titled Text Messages or How I Found Myself Time Traveling in 2020.
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