#HipHopEd Chat is a weekly cyber cypher (chat) where stakeholders within Hip-Hop and Education come together to discuss issues that impact the youth and adults within our local, national and global communities. #HipHopEd Chat is a virtual form of professional development for Educators, workshop for Parents and other Adults and a brainstorming session of Hip-Hop practitioners. Our #HipHopEd chats are every Tuesday from 9-10 EST. on Twitter.
As we celebrate National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month we can see both of these forms of creative expression being utilized in Hip-Hop #hiphoped
The butterfly effect is when the flap of a butterfly’s wing changes weather patterns weeks later. This is a Black boy’s life — The Black boy effect
How the drop of one body to the ground can cause a change in marching patterns of humans weeks later
#HipHopEd#NewPoem
Poetry is often pain and life experiences presented in a creative form of speech or written word. We can’t wait to hear @MeekMill now that he is free and focused on the big picture #HipHopEd
School has been alive with an energy I have not seen before from a album release. Teachers and students are playing and talking about K.O.D - powerful, authentic conversations brought forth by cole's genius #HipHopEd
"I guess they say my dollars supposed to build roads and schools
But my n—s barely graduate, they ain't got the tools
Maybe 'cause the tax dollars that I make sure I send
Get spent hirin' some teachers that don't look like them." #brackets#KOD#hiphoped
It is crazy when you really analyze today's hip-hop scene and actually the different ways poetry influences flow and word choice in a lot of songs. #HipHopEd
I did a workshop Saturday with @BONDEducators where we broke down the passion, perspective, purpose, pastime and profession expressed in @iamcardib "Get Up 10" #hiphoped
I am currently using KOD as a centerpiece of a unit on addiction and the brain with some of my science classes. How serendipitous that J. Cole drops the album at the perfect time for this! #HipHopEd
"Got us learning about the heroes with the whitest of skin
One thing about the men that's controlling the pen
That write history, they always seem to white-out they sins
Maybe we'll never see a black man in the White House again." #brackets#KOD#hiphoped
I'm like Big Pop' mixed with 2Pac, I'm like Makaveli (yeah); You need some, Little Caesar's pizza, I be hot and ready (woo) @iamcardib
Made a couple M's with my best friends; Turned all my L's into lessons @chancetherapper
Bars!!!!! #BestLife#HipHopEd
Poetry is so cathartic for students! Just initiated hip hop therapy with some of my students, and they love sharing through written verse, whereas they refuse traditional avenues. #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd it is refreshing to hear J Cole talk about the number of students who are turning to drugs to escape the challenges and pain of reality. Something we need to acknowledge and address. Meditate not medicate America
I love the way good music can really bring phenomenal conversations forward. This album is really the talk of #MyASU so many students have really used this album to come up with great conversations about our communities and environments. #HipHopEd
Poetry is often pain and life experiences presented in a creative form of speech or written word. We can’t wait to hear @MeekMill now that he is free and focused on the big picture #HipHopEd
Just had a huuuuge breakthrough via this route. One of my “most resistant” students and I bonded over G Herbo’s “Gutta,” because the song spoke his truth. It was such a powerful conversation to have with him. #HipHopEd
I’ve used this as well by the end students have a whole chapbook in different styles of their original work. Learning from the greats like @DrMayaAngelou@ElGabo etc #HipHopEd
Shouts to the good folks of the #hiphoped movement. As we uniquely merge the poetic prowess of 'real' hip-hop artists with 'real' journalism, we are profoundly aware of our platform's ability to 'teach,' not just 'document'... As well as the opportunity to 'teach' how we do it!
As we celebrate National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month we can see both of these forms of creative expression being utilized in Hip-Hop #hiphoped
I def use this approach a lot...many times the visuals take away from lyric comprehension....we have to teach students that Great HH requires multiple listens 2 digest #HipHopEd
“I must say, by your songs I’m unimpressed, hey
But I love to see a Black man get paid
& plus, you having fun and I respect that
But have you ever thought about your impact?” @JColeNC#HipHopEd
Since we're talking about Poetry...and since Kanye has been going in so much on Twit lately...I had to pull some #FootNotesOnKanye by Jasmine Sands https://t.co/VkhAF9vzAc sparked an ill dialogue #HipHopEd
I think it depends on what you want to unlock. Use lyrics when you want that to be the focus. If you want to unpack the visual representation of the song and discuss why the artist made the choices they did than I would use the original. #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd(ucators) pair Get up 10 by @iamcardib with Dreams and Nightmares by @MeekMill for a dialogue on resilience persistence, capitalism & gender #HipHopEd
He def aint coming at him alone but really the notion that some young cats new 2 the HH game come in with...It was loving & really aimed at new artists in general #HipHopEd
Modern hip hop always voices the thoughts and feelings of young people. If we are unwilling to embrace or accept new hip hop, then we are unwilling to embrace or accept young people's thoughts and feelings #HipHopEd
It's an excellent way to have youth channel difficult thoughts and feelings. Use to have students make music videos as part of my school counseling curriculum regularly. #HipHopEd
Yes! The beauty of poetry is that it gives a person a powerful platform to speak their unadulterated truth. As teachers, we have to make space for poetry in every content area. #HipHopEd
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@CMDunlapCT, @nicoleegunder, @amilcook
"I wanna get married like the Curry's Steph and Ayesha/ But we more like Belly, Tommy and Keisha" @iamcardib The power and the depth in this couplet is only limited by the listener or the educator #hiphoped
Today one of my @RHSLibrary_Rams@RandallstownHS Ss: “I checked out this book because I’m interested in criminal justice. I also wrote a poem about Trayvon Martin.” #Poetry like #hiphoped can amplify student voice. We must give them the space & place to shine!
Word Up....and God Bless the youngins of HH they still in tune with the core values & that's why G Herbo's Who Run It went viral and sparked madd poetry these past 30 days #HipHopEdhttps://t.co/U2j44zehGf Peep Verse 3 too this is what Herbo repersent 4 dem & why his voice valid
A deep understanding of cadence is vital for bars & stanzas. Gotta move smooth like jazz. It’s what makes @kendricklamar next level. #hiphoped#pulitzer
IN LAK’ECH
Tú eres mi otro yo
You are my other me
Si te hago daño a ti
If I do harm to you
Me hago daño a mi mismo
I do harm to myself
Si te amo y respeto
If I love and respect you
Me amo y respeto yo
I love and respect myself
#HipHopEd
HipHop has the power to shape character. My six year old and I have had conversations around @JColeNC’s “Fold Clothes” and Biggie’s “Juicy” that he still references when talking about relationships and his place in the world. #HipHopEd
Just gave DAMN another listen a couple of nights ago because it had been awhile since I had given it a straight run-through. Such a powerful work, and it’s about time that the writing of hip hop is given its due. #HipHopEd
I went from rag to riches, went from WIC to lit, nuh
Only person in my fam to see six figures
The pressure on your shoulders feel like boulders... @iamcardib#HipHopEd
Was checking out ‘If We Must Die’ by Claude McKay in my office this morning with a student. He wanted to explore a topic the resonated with him. He had been talking aboit police violence on Black men all semester! Puuuurfect!! #hiphoped
I love this. I wonder if it's rooted in emotional expression in some capacity? We know that men are taught to hide emotions - and it's hard to hide emotions when you're acapella! #HipHopEd#HipHopTherapy
#HipHopEd(ucators) pair Get up 10 by @iamcardib with Dreams and Nightmares by @MeekMill for a dialogue on resilience persistence, capitalism & gender #HipHopEd
I don't trust no nuh, I don't fear no b
Whole life been through some fucked up ish
They say I'm too that, oh, I'm too this
When you seen what I've seen, you end up like this (woo) #HipHopEd
Was checking out ‘If We Must Die’ by Claude McKay in my office this morning with a student. He wanted to explore a topic that resonated with him. He had been talking about police violence on Black men all semester! Puuuurfect!! #hiphoped#nationalpoetrymonth
If you gonna beat map or do a flow chart this is essential! We trace these & use the rap genius video analysis as well. Really helps tighten up stuff. #noxtrasyllables#hiphoped
Langston Hughes “Dream Deferred” explores the daily lives of working-class African American people. In @JColeNC’s last verse on “BRACKETS” shared a similar visual #HipHopEd
“Be careful with me, do you know what you doin? Whose feelings that you’re hurtin and bruising? You gon’ gain the whole world
But is it worth the girl that you’re losing?” @iamcardib#HipHopEd#SelfWorth#SpiritualValues
Just saying... "What I'm tryna say is the blame can go deep as seas
Just to blame 'em all I would need like twenty CD's
There's all sorts of trauma from drama that children see
Type of shit that normally would call for therapy" #HipHopEd#KOD
"But you know just how it go in our community
Keep that shit inside it don't matter how hard it be
Fast forward, them kids is grown and they blowing trees
And popping pills due to chronic anxiety" @JColeNC#HipHopEd#HealingPowerofHipHop
Brackets by @JColeNC is so deeply profound that we miss that he described the evolution of taxation without representation & offered a solution to it #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd@spinsonice brilliantly has used a @JColeNC album for a novel study, so there is no excuse for us not using verses for a poetry unit. Ask @Daneo10, he can teach you to find the rhyming couplet...
That's awesome! I really love the emotion she put into this song & into this album! Very powerful for young women to hear they are not alone in this emotional rollercoaster we are on sometimes #HipHopEd
In reply to
@amilcook, @TheRealHipHopEd, @iamcardib
"Not only must teachers encourage academic success and cultural competence, they must help students to recognize, understand, and critique current social inequities." Gloria Ladson-Billings #hiphoped
"One thing about your demons they bound to catch up one day
I'd rather see you stand up and face them than run away
I understand this message is not the coolest to say
But if you down to try it I know of a better way.
Meditate" #HipHopEd@JColeNC
In life everyone has dreams and goals however, there are more struggles for African Americans to achieve them. In @JColeNC’s WINDOW PAIN, implies that in the hood every person has some sort of dreams and/or goals not only for themselves but for the homie also #HipHopEd
Several of my classes engaged in passionate discussion on the transition from Richard Pryor’s sample to that profound verse in “Brackets.” It was a sentiment that they have felt for a long time, and J Cole gave them the words that perfectly explained their emotions. #HipHopEd
@Ianplevy You hit the nail on the head. It's 100% linked to the expression of emotions and what is deemed acceptable for man (use of physicality/body) vs woman (projection of soul/voice). #HipHopEd
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@Ianplevy, @TheRealHipHopEd, @Ianplevy
Brackets by @JColeNC offers commentary on flawed curricula in schools, teacher hiring practices, flawed ideas about "good schooling" #HipHopEd#NationalPoetryMonth
Yes! Love to use Dream Deferred and Let America Be America Again to explore the idea of the American Dream... then let students choose from a revolving door of hip hop to compare to... J. Cole, Jeezy, August Alsina, Jay Z, Nas... #HipHopEd
Langston Hughes “Dream Deferred” explores the daily lives of working-class African American people. In @JColeNC’s last verse on “BRACKETS” shared a similar visual #HipHopEd
I really wish I'd had music like this -- language like this -- to model when I was growing up in the 80s. So glad my daughters have her, tho! #HipHopEd
In reply to
@NealPaulSchick, @TheRealHipHopEd, @iamcardib
Once an Addict. Whew. That one had several of my kids in tears, relating personal stories of their loved ones’ struggles with addiction. What a powerful moment of raw vulnerability @JColeNC shares! #HipHopEd
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@amilcook, @HustlersGuild, @JaquialDurham, @JColeNC, @JColeNC
#HipHopEd the way once an addict speaks of a child's experience growing up in an alcoholic home. It is a truth rarely expressed in hip-hop J Cole Offers a window into having conversations about the impact addiction has on families #hope#OnceAnAddict
Modern hip hop always voices the thoughts and feelings of young people. If we are unwilling to embrace or accept new hip hop, then we are unwilling to embrace or accept young people's thoughts and feelings #HipHopEd
"He gon' plant a seed, but best believe he ain't man enough
Just because yo' d can spray semen, it don't mean that you ready to let go of yo' childish ways
The results are deadly
Because that child will suffer and that's what can most affect me." #HipHopEd
Brackets by @JColeNC offers commentary on flawed curricula in schools, teacher hiring practices, flawed ideas about "good schooling" #HipHopEd#NationalPoetryMonth
Poetry created the space that would portray everything from misogyny to love, and self-awareness. In @JColeNC’s KEVIN HEART’S, he share the story of someone’s battle with misogyny and self-awareness in-regard to love and relationship #HipHopEd
"The little girl I met this past summer said, "Don't forget me"
I won't forget you, how could I with all you went through? ...I know I'm blessed because yo' stress is realer than anything I done been through" @jcoleNC - https://t.co/hldh5Scuxy#HipHopEd
There rules/norms that exist in slam poetry spaces or cyphers that allow stories to be shared, & more defined voices 2 be cultivated. As we move 2 enable youth expression beyond performance, we must create classrooms & counseling offices that draw from those rules/norms #HipHopEd
There is also consistent push within poetry arena to find new ways to connect to new audiences. In @JColeNC’s 1985, that was a push to get the younger and older artists to understand and engage in the rules to the hip-hop game #HipHopEd
This is so crucial man. His message is so powerful and necessary, but I don't think he delivered it in a way where youth will be receptive #HipHopEd#SoundsPreachy#InMyOpinion
Yup and that's why LL's "I Need Love" still has a special place in hip hop because he put feelings on wax that werent/aren't typically expressed by dudes in the art. #HipHopEd
@cthagod described 1985 by @JColeNC a diss via Tedtalk and that is real talk. A moment when youth can listen to someone with age and experience and learn something #HipHopEd
As a teacher “of the whitest of skin,” I do my best to undo the truths that @JColeNC cites in that profound verse. Thank you @chrisemdin and other gurus of reality pedagogy for giving a route for this!#HipHopEd
In reply to
@chrisemdin, @JColeNC, @JColeNC, @chrisemdin
This is so crucial man. His message is so powerful and necessary, but I don't think he delivered it in a way where youth will be receptive #HipHopEd#SoundsPreachy#InMyOpinion
Me too! I have definitely felt that way at different points in my life! Such a powerful line to explore with young people, exploring how the way others treat you may impact your own self-image. #HipHopEd
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@amilcook, @TheRealHipHopEd, @iamcardib
But his message still needs to be disseminated. So I'd talk about this verse in schools, owning that it sounds preachy, but still pushing youth to consider if his message has value. #HipHopEd
This is so true! The female emcee goes through so much to really master the craft amongst so much masculinity and sexism which is all too often overlooked
Today during my prep pd, I listened to @Spotify & had my 2nd browser opened to @Genius analyzing @JColeNC. Then printed & delivered a copy of lyrics to my buddy, @HeadCoach40. Felt like HS when Wu-Tang Forever dropped!
~ SPEd teacher|Biology class #HipHopEd#NationalPoetryMonth
Just thinking about the brilliance of albums like “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” or songs like Queen Latifah’s “U.N.I.T.Y.” that speak to this. #HipHopEd
This is so true! The female emcee goes through so much to really master the craft amongst so much masculinity and sexism which is all too often overlooked
