Ruth Awad ‘builds a world’ in verse in which to preserve her mom

Mark Laita, the host of the Soft White Underbelly youtube channel, is one of the first to highlight the Whittaker family. Mark first came to know the Whittaker family in 2004 while working on his book ¨Created Equal¨.

J. Rawls arrived for a late-January interview with a laptop and backpack in tow, planning to head directly from the Olde Towne East coffee shop to Ohio State, where he teaches a course on hip-hop culture. The producer’s continued thirst for knowledge has shaped his work both in and out...