Journalist and storyteller. New York Times Bestselling, PEN Award-winning author. Creator of television and podcasts. Historian of hip-hop, crusader for mise-en-place. Contributor to NPR, Billboard, and more. Professor at New York University.
Projects
Pieces
- New York Times — Hip-Hop Was A Revolution Created By Vinyl Librarians
- Slate — The Musical History Lesson Buried Beneath the Song of the Summer
- Wall Street Journal — Was Hip-Hop Invented 50 Years Ago?
- Slate — It's Time To Legalize Sampling
- Pitchfork — The Obscure J Dilla Beat Tape That Changed Music Forever
- LA Times — Mozart. Coltrane. Ellington. And J Dilla.
- Rolling Stone — Excerpt: Dilla Time (The Soulquarians)
- Pitchfork — Excerpt: Dilla Time (Q-Tip and Jay Dee)
- Billboard — The Rise and Fall of Hip-Hop's First Godmother: Sugar Hill Records' Sylvia Robinson
- NPR — The Song That Never Ends: Why Earth, Wind & Fire's 'September' Sustains
Conversations
- Broken Record — Rick Rubin talks with Dan Charnas
- NYPL — Jason Moran talks with Dan Charnas
- NPR's Bullseye — Jesse Thorn talks with Dan Charnas
- WBGO Jazz United — Dan Charnas on Dilla Time
- Heat Rocks Podcast — Dan Charnas on Slum Village's Fantastic Vol. 2
- Art of Manliness — Dan Charnas on Chefs’ Secrets for Organizing Your Life
- Upful Life — On the writing of Dilla Time
- Questlove Supreme with Dan Charnas
- NPR's Fresh Air— Terry Gross talks with Dan Charnas