Nathanology aka Nathan Dufour is an emcee and academic hailing from Washington State. For most of the past decade he’s lived in New York City, where he’s built a distinctively didactic approach to hip-hop, using the medium to explore concepts drawn from philosophy, history, religion and the physical sciences.

Nathan received his PhD in Classics in 2018 from the Graduate Center, CUNY, with a dissertation on organicism in the philosophies of Alfred North Whitehead and Plato. By day he teaches Latin language and Greek Civilization at City College of New York; by night he versifies philosophical concepts, and produces and edits music videos. 

Nathan often collaborates with fellow rapper Hila the Killa, appearing as the duo Nate & Hila. He’s also associated with Brooklyn’s House of Yes, where he creates and performs custom songs and provides dramaturgical consulting.