UVa professor A.D. Carson's doctoral dissertation rap album "Owning My Masters" promises "the poems that people are scared to say out loud." ...
where Whitten wrote her dissertation and earned her doctorate, did not return a request for comment. Experts in plagiarism and academic integrity reached by The Chronicle said the examples ...
Effectively using a sample requires great skill from the artist or producer, but it also showcases a rapper's creativity in reimagining music from the past and putting their spin on it.