Ivor Miller (Chicago) Photo Courtesy Depaul University Ivor Miller is a cultural historian specializing in the African Diaspora in the Caribbean and the Americas. His recent book Aerosol Kingdom: The Subway Painters of New York City documents and interprets the creation of Hip Hop culture in New York City from its beginnings in the late 1960s till the present, focusing on the Afro-Caribbean and African American contributions resulting from 20th century migrations. Based on interviews with major painters and musicians of this movement over a period of 14 years, this book examines issues such as the creation of multi-ethnic, racial, and gender cultural practices; naming traditions; the train as metaphor in the African Diaspora; the subversion and re-invention of language; cooptation by, and resistance to, big business; the global expansion of Hip Hop; and the tensions of race and class conflict in this movement. Over the past ten years, Miller has conducted field research in Cuba and Nigeria. Miller's current project documents the little known history of the Cuban Abakuá, a mutual-aid society derived from the Cross River region of Nigeria. For more info please visit, www.aerosolkingdom.com. More Bios: Marinieves Alba | Ang 13 | Shaheen Ariefidien | Max Benitez | James Bernard | Toni Blackman | Triple Blak | Jeff Chang | Kevin Coval | Jonzi D | Mos Def | Martha Diaz | Jessica Green | James "Casper" Jankowiak | Talib Kweli | Bakari Kitwana | M1 | Boogie McClarin | Ivor Miller | Marcyliena Morgan | David Muhammad | Yunus Rafiq | Dr. Raquel Z. Rivera | Livio Sansone | Clyde Valentine | Cristina Verán | Zephyr