Tricia Rose was born and raised in NYC, and spent her childhood in Harlem and the Bronx. She graduated from Yale Univ. with a BA in Sociology and then received her Ph.D. from Brown Univ. in American Studies. She is the Director of the Systemic Racism Project at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA) and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown Univ.

Rose is an internationally respected scholar of post civil rights era black U.S. culture, popular music, social issues, gender and sexuality. Tricia’s new book, "Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives-And How We Break Free" (2024) is an essential new account of what systemic racism actually is, how it works, and how we can break free.

She is also the author of "Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America" (1994), "The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop-And Why It Matters" (2008), "Longing To Tell: Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy" (2003).