External Links
Youth Work/Education
- NZ Youth Magazine including article ‘NZ Graf Art’
- The Global Education Centre
- Definitions of Globalisation
- The Online Journal of Urban Youth Culture - including ‘Hip Hop & Youth Culture: Contemplations on an Emerging Cultural Phenomenon’ – C. Taylor
- Hip Hop resources and lesson plans
- Youth Struggling for Survival
- Network for educators who use Hip Hop as a teaching tool
- Muslim Media, including ‘Youth Culture & Islamic Intelligentsia…’ F. A. Noor
- Hip Hop in community organising
- US curriculum-based lessons on Hip Hop and poetry
- Hip Hop and Youth Culture - Hop Scotch versus Hip Hop:Questions of Youth Culture, and Identity in a Postmodern world. Dr Karen Malone.
Interest based learning theory
- Hip Hop in the Classroom: Light Some Fires! - Looks at the use of Hip Hop in education.
- Exploring conceptualisations of students’ interest in learning: - Interest based theory. Looks at validity of student interest in education (academic text)
The Elements
- Hip Hop Newtork, DJing, MCing, Graffiti & B-Boy information
- Hip Hop lifestyle, fashion and art of 1980s
B-bboy/B-girling (and other danceforms)
- Bgirl style
- Breakdancing
- Breakdancing film and links
- The art of Capoeira
- Freestylesession
- Tony Go Go
- Electric Boogaloos
- Mr Wiggles
Fashion
- Hip Hop Fashion History
- Jamel Shabazz's view on Hip Hop fashion
- Back in the Days with Jamel Shabazz
- Graffiti Fashion
- PNB Nation
- Tribal Gear
Graffiti
- Graffiti
- Graffiti as a commercial endeavour
- Images of graffiti around the world
- West Coast graffiti art
Lyrics: Rap and Poetry
- Hip Hop poets and poetry
- Hip Hop Poetry site from young audiences of St. Louis
- Benjamin Zephaniah - Poet
- The Rap Dictionary
- Lyrics Depot
- All the Lyrics
- Song Lyrics
- The Guardian, ‘Rappers put the bling into business’ J. Doward, 2003
New Zealand Hip Hop
- New Zealand Hip Hop
- Trillion
- New Zealand Magazine – including an interview with Scribe
- Festival Mushroom Records
- Dawn Raid Entertainment
- Disruptive
- Back2basics
- Holla
- Te Kupu (Dean Hapeta)
- Scribe
- Pasifika Poets Collective – Hip Hop poets
- Zealand Musician
- King Kapisi
International Hip Hop
- Directory of Hip Hop culture worldwide
- International Hip Hop awareness movement
- Links to Hip Hop worldwide
- Verbalism, International reference and links site
- Harvard Hip Hop America Links site
Africa
Australia
Britain
Germany
USA
- Ice Cube
- Ice T
- New York Hip Hop history, links and artists
- Rock Steady Crew
- Sudden Rush, Hawaiin Hip Hop
- Tupac Shakur – information and poetry
- Davey D's Hip Hop information site
- Jeff Chang's commentary on Hip Hop culture
General
- News, audio, interviews & directory of Hip Hop sites
- Blue Magazine - Hip Hop
- Hip Hop Archive
- Resource page for Hip Hop
- Hip Hop history
- Marketing and consumerism in pop culture
- A refereed journal devoted to contemporary theorisations of rhetoric, writing, and culture – including several great articles on Hip Hop
- Hip Hop profiles
- Critical thinking and music videos
- Harvards Hip Hop archive
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Free Online Encyclopedia
- 100 Māori Words Every NZ’er Should Know
- The Online Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- Wikipedia
Online Articles
- UNESCO, including ‘A Māori Warrior Claims New Territory’, K. Buchanan 2000
- Rock and Rap Archives – many excellent articles on Hip Hop culture
- Village Voice, including ‘Hip Hop Turns 30…’ G. Tate, 2005; ‘Thug Radio’ J. Murphy; ‘A Healthy Tune Out’ C. Lee, 2005.
- 'How to Succeed in 'Advertising Strategy', V. Janprasit
- Vanguard, ‘Towards a Theory of Hip Hop’ J. Richardson 2002
- Adage, ‘Consumers Viewed Like Hooligans and Rioters’ C. Atkinson 2003
- Urban Think Tank, ‘The Politics of Hip Hop’, Dr M. Marable 2002
- ‘Hip Hop Fridays: The Hip Hop Generation’ 2002
- ‘Stereotyping Hip Hop, Rap Music’ 2001
- ‘Rappin’ On The Door’ C. Darling 2002
- ‘A Feminist Approach To Rap Music’ A. O’Connell
- ‘Implicit Racism in Lyrics’ T. Cunnington, 2002
Politics and Protest Songs
- History of Protest Songs
- A retrospective look at protest songs
- Civil Rights quotes
- Bad subjects – Political Education for Everyday Life
- World Trade Organisation
- Hip Hop history, politics and culture
- The Treay of Waitangi
- Peace Movement Aotearoa
- NZ Ministry Of Health
- AIDS Orphans
