“I got way too many allies on the west to just be like, ‘Yo, eff the West.’” Photo: Marleen Moise/Getty Images Last week, I received an email announcing the start of Joey Bada$$’s artist-in-residence engagement with Columbia University. He had already done a bit of press about the opportunity, highlighting how it plays into his history of university lectures and men’s mentorship initiatives, but not the elephant in the room. In 2024, relations between Columbia administrators and students hit a