MUHL 4550 - Hip-Hop Music and Culture

3 credit hours

(Same as RIM 4550.) Prerequisites: ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020, ENGL 1050, or JOUR 2720. 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.

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