Dr. Todd Boyd

Author, cultural commentator, producer, and professor

Dr. Todd Boyd is Price Chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture and Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC. A media commentator, author, producer, and consultant, Dr. Boyd has appeared in documentaries such as the award winning, The Last Dance (ESPN, 2020), winner of the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series and Twenty Feet From Stardom (2013) winner of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Music Film, Muhammed Ali (PBS, 2021), and many more. He has written over one hundred articles, essays, reviews, and other forms of commentary, with his work having appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, ESPN, and Chicago Tribune, among other publications. Dr. Boyd’s seven books include, Young Black Rich and Famous, The New H.N.I.C., Am I Black Enough For You?, and The Notorious Ph.D's Guide to the Super Fly 70s. His eighth book, Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World, was published by Phaidon in February 2024.