Full Description
Read, Write, Rhyme Institute describes how individuals participating in the Read, Write, Rhyme Institute examine today's youth, hip-hop, and social responsibility. The institute provides a forum to engage in hip-hop Discourse (with a capital D) that includes a worldview and ways of doing, being, and knowing that are used in rap music, graffiti, spoken word poetry, and daily conversation. This book seeks to capitalize on the diversity within the hip-hop community by including successful individuals that grew up not only listening to hip-hop but also living it. Participants include educators, entertainers, and entrepreneurs.
Contents
Introduction - Defining Hip-Hop - Members of the Hip-Hop Community - Viewing Hip-Hop through a Social, Economic, and Political Lens - Technology's Influence on Hip-Hop Music - Women in Hip-Hop - Hip-Hop and Education.
