Salman Rana
Salman Rana is an Assistant Professor in the School of Creative Industries and the School of Professional Music. He’s a lawyer and legal theorist. His practice based research focuses on law and culture, socio-legal theory, legal pluralism, Hip Hop culture, music law, copyright and human rights. As a lawyer, Salman continues to work on projects ranging from independent releases to major label projects, licensing and music synchronization deals for film and advertising. Salman was a performing artist and a founding member of the Hip Hop artist collective, The Circle, along with celebrated artists Kardinal Offishall, Saukrates, Choclair and Jully Black. He’s the co-owner of an experimental Hip Hop label, focusing on both digital and analogue recording and distribution.
- Law
- Legal Pluralism
- Music
- Jurisprudence
- Copyright
- Youth Culture
- Human Rights
- Intellectual Property
- Popular Culture
- Hip Hop Culture
Book Chapters
- Rana, Salman & Campbell, Mark. “Reppin’ Right: K’Naan as Diasporic Disruption in North American Hip Hop” in Charity Marsh & Mark V. Campbell, eds. We Still Here: Hip Hop North of The 49th Parallel (external link) (Toronto: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020)
- Rana, Salman & Campbell, Mark. “Knowledge of Self: Identity & Consciousness via Hip-Hop Culture” in Audrey Hudson, Awad Ibrahim & Karyn Recollet, eds. In this Together: Blackness, Indigeneity, and Hip-Hop (external link) (New York: DIO Press Inc, 2019)
- Rana, Salman. “The Circle: Beyond Crew Status in the 1990s” in Mark Campbell, ed. ...Everything Remains Raw: Photographing Toronto’s Hip Hop Culture from Analogue to Digita (external link) l (Kleinburg: Goose Lane Editions & the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2018)
Journal Publications
- Rana, Salman. “Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America, Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis (2019) - Review” (2020) 1(1) Global Hip Hop Studies 166