Hip Hop Studies at Madison West High School

The Wisconsin State Journal, via several kind reader emails:

Students in a new Hip Hop Studies class at West finished a unit on hip-hop history by writing verses. A few excerpts:
"'Why do you study hip-hop?
Isn't it just rappers that never ever stop?'
That right there's the problem,
People think it's just angry pop.
And even though they don't know
They go and talk about the videos
And go and slam it on their shows

One reader notes: "Is this the fabulous programming that we may lose if West (gasp) has real honors classes? ".

Much more, here.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 13, 2011 11:35 AM
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