Hip-Hop Culture, Globalization, and Black Lives Matter Protests

No one can argue that Wynton Marsalis is one of the music geniuses in the 21st century. He is an essential model for lots of musicians worldwide as an extraordinarily talented musician. Marsalis was the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1997 with Blood on the Fields, a vocal and orchestral rumination on slavery. His comments on any music and the notes should be respected. However, one might argue…