Hip-Hop is more than music; it also has a role in education.

(Image Source: https://www.blackenterprise.com)



Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, Toby S. Jenkins, associate professor of education at the University of South Carolina, has recognized the positive impact hip-hop has had on American education. Through hip-hop pedagogy, teachers are able to connect street-born culture to larger topics, such as global activism, and bring it into the classroom. As explored by Marc Lamont Hill in his book, Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life: Hip-Hop Pedagogy and the Politics of Identity - hip-hop can provide an opportunity to have meaningful conversations in the classroom. Hip-hop has truly saved lives, and continues to positively influence education.

As hip-hop celebrates its 50th birthday, Toby S. Jenkins, associate professor of education at the University of South Carolina, has recognized the immense positive impact the culture has had on American education. Teaching techniques, student-teacher relationships and subject matter have all been transformed by the incorporation of hip-hop elements and values into the full educational experience - known as hip-hop pedagogy. Through examples such as Joquetta Johnson's juxtaposition of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” with Queen Latifah’s “Ladies First”, Michale Eric Dyson's comparison of Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z to Pluto and Socrates, and Marc Lamont Hill's opus 'Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life: Hip-Hop Pedagogy and the Politics of Identity', the power of hip-hop to bring about positive change is

[This article has been trending online recently and has been generated with AI. Your feed is customized.]