3 credit hours(Same as ANTH 4550 and MUHL 4550.) Prerequisites: ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020 with C or higher. An ethnomusicological investigation of how hip-hop reacts to and informs mainstream culture through its primary art forms: music, visual art, and dance. Major themes and issues that cut across hip-hop’s history, including issues of style and performance, gender, race, politics, and religion addressed.