Tag: hip-hop
How a hip-hop mindset can help teachers in a time of turmoil
Toby Jenkins, University of South Carolina
While hip-hop has created a lot of good memories, good music and good...
Hip-hop at 50: 7 essential listens to celebrate rap’s widespread influence
Howard Manly, The Conversation; Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation; Matt Williams, The Conversation; Molly Jackson, The Conversation, and Nick Lehr, The Conversation
Hip-hop and health – why so many rap artists die young
A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
The song “Be Healthy” from the 2000 album by hip-hop duo dead prez, “Let’s...
Street scrolls: The beats, rhymes and spirituality of Latin hip-hop
Alejandro Nava, University of Arizona
As a first-generation college graduate and a Latino from a family that constantly scrambled...
Chief Keef changed the music industry – and it’s time he...
Jabari Evans, University of South Carolina
Before he was arrested in December 2011, Chief Keef was a 16-year-old budding...