Bridging the Gap: How Closed Sessions is Shaping a New Hip-Hop Renaissance—and Why Self-Knowledge Must Be Part of It

by Larry Alexander  |  tutorwithlarry.com  |  Updated 2025 Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.  — Doug E. Fresh Hip-hop don’t have no fresh energy, none at all. It’s money driven, everybody tryin’ to make that check, nobody putting art in their albumsContinue reading “Bridging the Gap: How Closed Sessions is Shaping a New Hip-Hop Renaissance—and Why Self-Knowledge Must Be Part of It”

How Hip-Hop Can Help Teens Understand Themselves Better

I recently came across this great little video on YouTube from 2016 called “Finding Yourself Through Hip-Hop.” The video is a reminder of how hip-hop can be used in the classroom to help students write and record different emotional experiences, help them to articulate and analyze their experiences, and help them to understand themselves andContinue reading “How Hip-Hop Can Help Teens Understand Themselves Better”

The Significance of Self-Knowledge in Hip-Hop Music

“Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around.” Snoop Dogg “Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.” Doug E. Fresh “Bebop and hip-hop, in so many ways, they’re connected. A lot of rappers remind me so much of bebop guys in termsContinue reading “The Significance of Self-Knowledge in Hip-Hop Music”

Pump It Up: Voter Outreach by Black Fraternities and Sororities Can Help to Elect Kamala Harris President

Black fraternities and sororities, commonly known as the Devine Nine, have taken an active interest in the 2024 presidential election. The Devine Nine has a long history of political and social activism, so their involvement in the 2024 election is part of that history.  The Divine Nine refers to the nine historically Black Greek-letter organizationsContinue reading “Pump It Up: Voter Outreach by Black Fraternities and Sororities Can Help to Elect Kamala Harris President”