Tag: Rap music
‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a...
Su'ad Abdul Khabeer, University of Michigan
I was 9 years old when Eric B. and Rakim’s “Paid in Full”...
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...
Tupac’s ‘Dear Mama’ endures as rap artists detail complex relationships with...
A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are...
How hip-hop has enhanced American education over the past 50 years,...
Toby Jenkins, University of South Carolina
One of my most heartwarming memories from elementary school was the day my...
Rap artists have penned plenty of lyrics about US presidents –...
Stefan M. Bradley, Amherst College
Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
How hip-hop in the classroom is raising the volume of learning:...
Alvin Buyinza, The Conversation and Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation
Scholars trace the origin of hip-hop to a “back to...
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...
Hip-hop professor looks to open doors with world’s first peer-reviewed rap...
A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
As a rap artist who is also a professor of hip-hop, I always make...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
