"Explore the value of using hip-hop music with youth as an exemplar of culturally sustaining pedagogy. This book tells the story of teaching and learning with a curriculum that was developed and implemented collaboratively with students. Readers see how students develop as whole people whose expressions, identities, and creativity build a sense of purpose and belonging"--

Joanne Larson is the Michael W. Scandling Professor of Education and associate director of research in the Center for Urban Education Success at the University of Rochester. Eleni Duret is a visual artist and a Michael W. Scandling Doctoral Scholar at the University of Rochester who received her PhD in 2022. Grant Atkins is a high school social studies teacher in the Rochester City School District and a hip-hop performing artist.