Author Event | Gustavo Souza Marques: Tyler, The Creator’s Hip Hop Revolution: Beyond Gangsta

Date(s): Friday, May 8, 2026
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm
Venue: Downtown Branch of AADL
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Join Dr. Gustavo Souza Marques (Gusmão), Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Michigan, for a talk on his recently released book, Tyler, The Creator’s Hip Hop Revolution: Beyond Gangsta, published in Bloomsbury’s New Approaches to Sound, Music and Media series. 

Drawing on his work as an ethnomusicologist, multi-instrumentalist, and hip hop producer, Marques explores how Tyler, The Creator, reshaped hip hop through sound, identity, and creative independence. 

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This talk is part of the Society for American Music’s Sounding the Nation initiative, which brings music scholarship to a broad public audience.

This event includes a signing with books for sale. 

For teens & adults. Held in 4th Floor Program Room.

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