At The Crossroads of Hip-Hop and Education: Reimagining the Corner as Classroom Featuring Bettina Love and Jidenna. Moderated by Kalonji Nzinga

Dominant narratives about urban neighborhoods construe street corners as infected with pathology and Eurocentric classrooms as the cure. In this discussion, we shift the narrative to explore the street corner as the sacred birthplace of Hip-Hop, a rhythmic cultural movement that has revolutionized language arts, music, politics and technology on a global scale. Our esteemed panelists will guide us to a historic crossroads where Hip-Hop is seen not as youth pathology but as an antidote for colonized schools.

“Hip-Hop in Times of Pandemic and Protest” is a series of four Wednesday evening events in March that explore the impacts, challenges, and possibilities of the current moment on Hip-Hop. Focusing on issues of representation, politics, performance and pedagogy, these events are a collaboration with Kalonji Nzinga, Director of the Race and Popular Culture Laboratory (RAPLab) and have been funded by the generous support of a Roser Grant and the cooperation of CU Boulder’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS) and the Department of Theatre and Dance. Please visit www.colorado.edu/amrc/hiphop for details.

This free event will be presented virtually at
https://cupresents.org/performance/11869/cu-music/hip-hop-in-times-of-pandemic-and-protest/