Find more Left of Black here: https://fhi.duke.edu/programs/left-black

What does it mean to take up space where you weren't even expected to appear? Not meekly hiding in the corner, but boldly taking space and letting your voice, and your story, be heard and known?

Left of Black host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal welcomes Sophia Chang, the first Asian woman in hip hop, as well as the former manager of A Tribe Called Quest, Raphael Saadiq, Q-Tip, and members of Wu-Tang Clan such as RZA, GZA, and Ol' Dirty Bastard. She discusses her new memoir, "The Baddest Bitch in the Room," published by Catapult Books.

Learn more about Sophia Chang here: https://www.sophchang.com/

Chang is also the founder of Unlock Her Potential, a mentorship program that partners women of color with accomplished professionals from various sectors of the entertainment industry. Learn more here: https://www.unlockherpotential.com/

Get her book here: https://books.catapult.co/books/baddest-bitch-in-the-room-the/

And find the audiobook here: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Baddest-Bitch-in-the-Room-Audiobook/B07TV...

Left of Black is a web series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars produced by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University.

Directed and edited by Eric Barstow, MFA

Camera and Sound: Tessa Delgo (Duke Class of 2023)

Special Thanks to Duke Coffeehouse for use of their space!