Dr. Taylor Cummings

And I think hip hop is such an exemplary field and discipline that really shows us that.

And so really understanding the power of the spoken word, the power of the tongue, and then seeing how hip hop has been used and weaponized against us to create the harm that we have in our society was really important for me to really dig in there and understand because

It influences the culture so heavily and we have like a sort of a split in terms of consciousness and then in terms of other aspects of it that kind of really contribute to a lot of harm in our society and our behavior and what we think is cool.

and stuff like that.

So really being able to break that down and understand how people have actualized success, whether it's financial success or whatever, or just liberating their own selves and the freedom of who they are, you know?

And so using that was important in terms of the academy and motivation, you know?

And so I'm a motivation researcher.

And so really understanding, one, how music sustained me when I'm bumping.

I listen to Punchinella, Earthgang.

That got me through everything.

That got me through.

And for so many different reasons, I could go on and on about it, but it really was really helpful for me.

And there were so many songs that were really helpful and pivotal on my own journey, but just thinking about the science of it and the science of what hip hop is and what hip hop has done and the metaphysical aspects of it, I think is really a key to our freedom and our liberation and how we choose to employ it in society.

I agree.

And that's what my work was all about.

I wanted to understand why certain things make us feel a certain way.

Why am I crying?

It's addictive too.

Yeah.

And so understanding what that is psychologically, spiritually, emotionally, getting into energy and frequency and vibration and just understanding what resonance is.