The Hip-Hop Mindset: Success Strategies for Educators and Other Professionals
- Author: Jenkins, Toby S.
Book
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Contents
- Contents (Tentative)
- Foreword by Walter Kimbrough
- Preface: Trash-Talking
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Born to Rhyme, Destined to Shine: The Hip-Hop Mindset Framework
- Culture as a Politic
- The Hip-Hop Mindset
- 2. Cultural Roots: Inherited Values, Beliefs, and Traditions
- Six Africanisms Fundamental to Hip-Hop Culture
- 3. Drive: Hunger, Competitiveness, and Honor and Kinship
- Hunger
- Competitiveness
- Honor and Kinship
- Funk De-fied
- 4. Approach: Creativity, Authenticity, and Ingenuity
- Ingenuity and Cultural Efficacy
- Turning the Tables: Creativity and Originality
- Representing: Authenticity and Clarity
- 5. Posture: Confidence, Commanding Attention, and Claiming Space
- On Being a Badass
- Shine Bright Like a Diamond
- Watch the Throne
- 6. Can I Kick It? The Hip-hop Mindset in Professional Practice
- Toni Blackman
- Martha Diaz
- Timothy David Jones
- Emery Petchauer
- Bettina L. Love
- Tony Keith Jr.
- Ian Levy
- Andre Perry
- Edmund Adjapong
- Mazi Mutafa
- Aysha Upchurch
- Baron Davis
- Mike Benitez
- William Boyles
- Crystal Leigh Endsley
- 7. Air-Walking: Concluding Thoughts
- Education as a Space to Let Loose
- Glossary of Key Terms
- Endnotes
- References
- Index
- About the Author