GEICO Alumni Showcase: LaTroya Pope
Throughout history, artists have used their music as a commentary on social issues. Affected by the racial inequalities she’s witnessed close to home and on newsfeeds,
LaTroya Pope, a 2012 alumna of Gardner-Webb University and four-year member of the women's basketball team, decided to write a song to her younger cousins. She wants to encourage them to pursue their dreams. A newcomer among North Carolina’s hip-hop artists, Pope’s song, “Black Boy,” caught the attention of
Kyesha Jennings, an award-winning lecturer in English and a hip-hop scholar at N.C. State University.
Jennings interviewed Pope and other hip-hop artists for opens in a new window“Mic Check: Culture, Power, and the Politics of N.C. Hip Hop.” The program was created for Come Hear NC and the N.C. Arts Council in partnership with The Black on Black Project, an organization that promotes conversations about identity and social justice.
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