Celebrating Hip-Hop

I love hip-hop music and culture and will continue to champion and celebrate it with book reviews, podcasts, articles, upcoming events, and more.

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Vote for My 16 Bar Verse (S.H.I.E.L.D. Competition)

I entered a rap competition put on by S.H.I.E.L.D. Hip Hop. Can you do me a favour and like this track on Soundcloud? That is how you vote and let them know you like what I did with the beat….

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Hip Hop Headucatorz Teach Math (Music – Video – Resources)

I’m so proud of this project. We worked on it a long time to bring Hip Hop into the classroom. This multimedia project will help you teach mathematics in a fun and engaging way. The Math Album by Hip Hop Headucatorz helps students…

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The Math Album by Hip Hop Headucatorz (Music + Resources)

What Math Has For You is the introductory track to The Math Album, a project that Hip Hop Headucatorz have created for teachers to use in their classroom. Not only are there seven songs based on the four operations in mathematics, but there are…

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That Bitter Sweet Feeling as the School Year Closes

The school year drawing to a close often leaves me with a feeling of melancholy. It’s hard to explain exactly why. I tried my best to do that with this song. I hope the bitter sweet feeling comes through in…

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Head of the Class – Deluxe (Album + Teacher Resource Book)

For many of our students Hip Hop is a way of life. That is why we combined our love of teaching and rap music to craft an album and resource pack that we can use in our classrooms. “Head of…

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Did Hip Hop Raise You Too?

Hip Hop Raised Me by DJ Semtex This is a beautiful book that celebrates the history of Hip Hop music and culture. It’s heavy. Literally. It’s bigger than some of the textbooks I had to cart around back in my…

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Happy Fool Dayz from Hip Hop HeadUcatorz

Happy Fool Dayz! This song is special as it showcases Wizekrak on production. The guest feature from Lefspek also marks our first time collaborating with an MC outside of the educational realm. The playful song contains verses by Wizekrak and Jon Corbin and DJ cuts by Chase…

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Hip Hop HeadUcatorz Debut Album Out Now

I’m very pleased to announce the debut album from my group Hip Hop HeadUcatorz. “Head of the Class” is available wherever you listen to music. You can even watch the album as we created a visual version of it for…

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Hip Hop HeadUcatorz Spread Some Christmas Cheer

In the tradition of Chirstmas Rappin by Kurtis Blow, Christmas in Hollis by Run-DMC and all the great Hip Hop holidays tunes that have followed, we wanted to spread some Christmas Cheer this season. You can download or stream the…

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The Time Is Now – Bond Series 001

The Time is Now for the first edition of the Bond series. Over 12 hours of music for only $12! Cheaper than the blank tapes we used to cop.

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