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Science is often taught from a white or Western standpoint. Can teaching science from a hip-hop perspective make science more relatable to students of color? A hip-hop science educator weighs in.
Rappers have been taking listeners on lyrical journeys to outer space for decades. A hip-hop scholar says their music helps inspire more students to pursue careers among the stars.
It took black folk unimaginable resources of creativity, humanity, humour and generosity to detoxify the N-word for their own collective sanity.
Can college professors rap their way into academic publishing? One professor makes an album to prove they can.
The increased migration of Africans and the global growth of hip hop culture has seen a dynamic new generation of Pan Africanism emerge.
The outrage over the teen film 'Cuties' diverts attention from the social structures that enforce conflicting expectations on young women.
Few of those in the K-pop industry have donated or even spoken out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of Black American music as a form of protest dates back to the 19th century.
A classically trained musician, Schneider influenced a generation of musicians from David Bowie to hip hop.
For the second year in a row, hip-hop music is the most popular form of music in the US. So why isn’t it in more of America’s classrooms? A hip-hop scholar weighs in.
Jesus is King has polarised discussion. But this genuinely contemporary album will challenge the traditional concept of African American gospel while influencing its shape for years to come.
A film about Cape Town’s environmental resources features a cast as diverse as breakdancers and wetland activists - and is being used as a study aid globally.
Hip-hop artists in Nigeria unpack the realities of the country’s cyber fraudsters.
With a booming hip hop culture, Paris is the best place to introduce break dancing to the Olympic games.
Theoretically, nothing is “authentic” in hip hop culture.
It was a year when both men and women bared their emotions through music.
The stigma attached to HIV and AIDS, particularly in hip hop culture, is rife. The disease is represented poorly and often factually incorrect through lyrics.
The policing of black British culture has a long history.
Australia is home to a diverse range of female hip hop artists. Here’s our guide to five of the best.
Top contributors
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Reader in Ethnomusicology, Faculty of Culture and the Creative Industries, University of Central Lancashire
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Curator of Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne
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Casual lecturer, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor, RTA School of Media, Faculty of Communication and Design Forum, Ryerson University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University
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Associate Adjunct Professor, Mills College
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Assistant Professor of STEM Education, Seton Hall University
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School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of History, Hunter College
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Professor of English, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Popular Music, University of Sydney
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Honorary Research Associate, Cultural Studies Group, University of Technology Sydney
