Tricia Rose

Tricia Rose (born 1962) is an internationally respected author and scholar of black U.S culture. Through a sociological framework Rose has examined, taught, and written about the intersectionality of pop music, social issues, gender and sexuality.
Rose received her B.A in Sociology from Yale University and her Ph.D. in American Studies from Brown University. She is currently working as a Professor of Africana Studies and holds the position of Director of the Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University.
Born in New York City, Rose lived in a Harlem tenement until she was nine. In 1970 her family moved north to Co-op City, a new housing development located in the Bronx.
Rose as written three books, Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America (May 15, 1994), Longing to Tell: Black Women’s Stories of Sexuality and Intimacy (Jun 11, 2003), The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop - And Why It Matters (Dec 2, 2008), and co wrote a fourth entitled Microphone Fiends: Youth Music and Youth Culture (Jun 23, 1994).
Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America is regarded as the first piece of published work to frame hip hops's legacy in such a way that granted it legitimacy among scholars; ultimately shaping the field of hip hop academic study. Black Noise, which made the Village Voice's top 25 books of 1994, was awarded an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation in 1995.
Longing to Tell: Black Women’s Stories of Sexuality and Intimacy is Rose's second written work which focuses on black women's sexuality in America. Through testimonies which seek to dispel prevailing myths and provide insights, this oral narrative project illustrates the complexities of exploring black female sexuality within contemporary culture.