Summary: A.D. Carson grew up in Decatur, graduated from Millikin University, and earned a master's degree here at the University of Illinois Springfield. He’s now a Ph.D candidate at Clemson University, where today he’s defending his dissertation -- a hip-hop project that’s gone viral. One word of warning: The music in this story contains a racial term some listeners might find offensive, but it’s part of Carson’s scholarly work.
