Can Hip Hop Teach Us Anything?

What I’ve learned from the readings are the ways teachers are connecting with their students via Hip Hop. One example I particularly liked was when a teacher had her students search for literacy concepts first in a song, and then in a poem. I believe this was a good method because it first got them interested in the assignment and then it helped them to identify the concepts in the poems. As one of the articles stated Hip Hop can be used as a bridge linking the streets to academics (Morrell).

There are many other articles and videos we have discovered. One however, I liked most of all. It is a movie made by Hip Hop MC Ice T, called The Art of Hip Hop. One of the reasons I enjoyed it so much is because it gave me a lot of insight into what Hip Hop is, according to its inventers and developers. Because Hip Hop is so young we still have many primary sources which we can get information from, which is a blessing. This movie interviews the greats of Hip Hop like: Run DMC, Chuck D, Grandmaster Casanova Fly, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and more. It is a great way to discover what Hip Hop is, not from random people who aren’t involved in it, but from its creators.