MUSC 399A ST: The History of Hip Hop
The course is a chronological study of the history of hip hop with regard to music, dance, entrepreneurship, business, and culture with an emphasis on the social and political impact of the hip hop movement. The course will trace the acculturation of African music with European and Early American music as a result of the slave trade and will then study hip hop music and culture though the present day. This course fulfills the Fine Arts Requirement.