Hip-Hop Education: Instructing Others to Instruct Us

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session Two
  In Roundtable Session: Celebrating and Innovating: The Legacy and Future of Hip-Hop Research (Table 5)

Abstract

“Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.” Hip- Hop has provided a public pedagogy for many educators as well as students by producing counter hegemonic commentary on racist and classist societal conditions (Hendershott, 2004 Therefore, it is logical that Hip-Hop would fit into a model of critical pedagogy as set forth by Paulo Freire (1970) and other critical pedagogy scholars (Hall, 2011)

Authors

• Dadrius Lanus, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
  Presenting Author

• Jarrett Landor-Ngemi, Southern University and A&M College
  Presenting Author