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Anna Lippman, PhD Candidate, Sociology, York University, Canada

Through hip-hop, Black youth are teaching their communities about their rights, justice and the law

Hip-hop has a story to tell — from early works like Grandmaster Flash’s The Message to Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer-winning album DAMN. and beyond.

As education scholar Bettina L. Loves notes, in hip-hop-based education, young urban and Black children and youth find space to critically reflect on the world around them.

To explore the potential of hip-hop and rap music as a platform for research and translating relevant knowledge related to various types of Canadian law, RISE Edutainment, an arts-based youth organization, piloted their Legal Artivism program.

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