Hip-Hop at 50 Years!

Session Type: Virtual Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop culture. From the very beginning, hip hop has been tied to the field of education. At the end of summer, DJ Kool Herc and his sister, Cindy Campbell, hosted an annual Back-to-School Jam in the basement of their apartment building in the Bronx, NY to raise money for their school clothes and supplies. It is said that hip hop was born at the Back-to-School Jam held on August 11, 1973. These parties made popular the DJing, emceeing, and dancing techniques that frame hip hop culture. Now, for over five decades, hip-hop culture has permeated all corners of the globe and all aspects of our society touching business, entertainment, media, advertising, sports, and education. This session will be a cross generational conversation between the founding scholars of the Hip Hop Theories, Praxis, & Pedagogies Special Interest Group and leading hip hop education scholars to reflect on the culture’s impact on the field of education and the future of hip hop educational research.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Papers

• Fam Good, We Good - Jason D. Rawls, The Ohio State University

• You Never Thought Hip-Hop Would Take It This Far ... - Toby S. Jenkins, University of South Carolina

• "Every Time You Ask Yourself Where Hip-Hop's Going, Ask Yourself Where Am I Going? How Am I Doing? ..." Mos Def - Christopher Emdin, Teachers College, Columbia University; Emery Marc Petchauer, Michigan State University; Joquetta Lynn Johnson, Baltimore County Public Schools; Tony Keith, Ed Emcee Academy; Jonathan Tunstall, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Moderator

• Lauren Leigh Kelly, Rutgers University