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Taking Hip-Hop Seriously  
Hip-hop's movement from the streets to the classroom. The South Bronx origins of the genre and key elements of hip-hop culture, including grafitti, break beats, break dancing, and MCs. Women artists who are challenging objectification and sexist images. Using the metaphor of minstrelsy to undermine racial stereotypes and to question the connection between racial identity and hip-hop.
Program 220
  Participants
Scott Heath
Eric Lott
Imani Perry

 

 
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