Howard University's Cardi B Course: Hip-Hop Meets Business

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Howard University is launching a fresh course all about Cardi B. sophomore album, M.I.

The Drama.

Dropping in fall 2026, it dies into the art, production, marketing, and cultural punch

of her rollout seven years after her debut.

Just 24 students get in on this exclusive look at how a Grammy winner builds a global

empire.

Having the charge is Jasmine Young, the hip-hop professor and director of the Warner Music

Blavotnik Music Business Center.

She's got deep roots in the game, working with legends like DMX and J.Z.

And now she's bringing that real world heat to Howard students.

Teaming up with professors from African Studies and Theatre Arts, they're breaking down the

team behind the platinum smash.

Students are buzzing because this ain't just book smarts.

It's the actual playbook from Cardi B's camp, validating hip-hop as serious scholarship

and a stay.

Massive Economy.

Young says it speaks to kids on their level, mixing strategy, storytelling, and brand

magic.

Meanwhile, other schools are on the same wave.

Yale and Cornell have courses on Beyonce's influence, and Vanderbilt even had her mom

Tina Knowles' guest lecture on the icon as a feminist force.

This move at Howard shows hip-hop education hitting a new stride, blending culture with

business smarts for the next gen of moguls.

Keep an eye on how it shapes tomorrow's hits.