Hip Hop culture has been making its transition from the streets to the classroom at a steady incline in recent years.
Some colleges offer classes on Hip Hop and its origin/impact and others have even offered coursework on specific individuals, like Kanye West.
No university however has dedicated an entire school to Hip Hop culture and its representation as an art form, until now.
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The Hip Hop School of Arts at the University of Southern California becomes the first of its kind in the world and offers prospective students of all ages the opportunity to learn about Hip Hop’s history and experience it in numerous art forms.
A recently released video by USC’s school of communications displays all that the school has to offer and how it came to be.
“In the ’90s we started to dialog about how come we don’t have a school? How can we have a center where we can come and practice and call it our own?” says Julio Rivas, founder of the Hip Hop School of Arts. “[How come we don’t have] a center that can facilitate the elements and people can come in and learn about the culture from how it started, how it’s gone through the years and where it’s going?”
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The school offers classes in b-boying, b-girling, emceeing, DJing and more. Its focus is also to get kids off the streets and into an environment where they can express their urban creativity.
Watch the full video previewing the program below:
