03 | Nadirah Simmons

Back To Reading Credits

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For the third episode of Back To Reading Credits, Wes Jackson and Nadhirah Simmons met up at BRIC House to talk about the state of Hip-Hop journalism, archiving your old magazines, and firsts. Nadirah Simmons is a digital content creator committed to preserving Black history, Hip-Hop history, and pop culture. In 2018, Nadirah created The Gumbo. Through content, events and the dissemination of vital information on developments in the culture, The Gumbo aims to support, reframe and re-energize women and their relationship with Hip-Hop. In January 2024, Nadirah released her first book: First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game. • Back to Reading Credits is hosted by Wes Jackson and produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Raynita Vaughn, Chris Torres, Gabrielle Davenport, and Antoine Hardy, with help from Elyse Rodriguez Aleman, Jamie Martinez, Jose Astorga, Jonathan Ortiz, Zak Sherzad, Charlie Hoxie, and Kuye Youngblood. Our audio engineer was Onel Mulet, and our videographer was Leslie Hayes.

• Thank you to everyone who participated in our person-on-the-street interviews.

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Nadirah Simmons is a digital content creator committed to preserving Black history, Hip-Hop history, and pop culture. Nadirah’s career in television began as an intern at VH1 and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. In 2016, Nadirah joined the digital team at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert where worked for six years and produced bits with celebrities like Issa Rae, Method Man, Cedric The Entertainer, H.E.R., and Robert DeNiro. In 2018, Nadirah created The Gumbo. Through content, events and the dissemination of vital information on developments in the culture, The Gumbo aims to support, reframe and re-energize women and their relationship with Hip-Hop. In January 2024, Nadirah released her first book: First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game. First Things First (available now!) is a celebration of the achievements of women in Hip-Hop who broke down barriers and broke the mold. Follow @hinadirah on IG for more!

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