Hip-Hop Civics: Connected Learning in the Rap Classroom

In Hip-Hop Civics, Jabari Evans demonstrates how Hip-Hop can be deployed in revamping formal civic education for Black and Brown youth. Based on an original ethnographic study of a Hip-Hop-based education program, the Songwriting and Production Program (SWP) administered by the Foundation of Music in two of Chicago's lowest performing public schools, Evans argues that Hip-Hop culture is central to students' lives and can be used as a vehicle for students to engage in civic practices and extract critical lessons about mainstream media, relational currency, identity development, and race/racism within the classroom. Through a compelling exploration of the SWP program, Evans contends that Hip-Hop should be part of formal education spaces and instruction, a conclusion he reaches through his understanding of how Hip-Hop impacted his own life, and by witnessing students discuss, write, and produce Hip-Hop music as part of the SWP program.

• | Author: Jabari M. Evans
• | Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 22, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00220 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0472057170
• | ISBN-13: 9780472057177