Musician and DJ Sergey Ivanov interviews producer, DJ, author, and educator Dr. Rawls and Russian hip hop artist Hobbit Triffix in the fourth episode of the NORTH STYLE: HIP HOP ED series. On September 29 at 9 p.m. MSK, tune in live to watch the conversation and ask the artists questions!
Hip hop is one of the most well-known parts of American music culture. Originating in New York City in the 1970s, hip hop culture has been spreading around the globe and blending with local traditions and styles while nurturing positive and socially responsible artists, educators, and activists.
We invite you to find out about the intersection of American and Russian hip hop cultures and their manifestations in big cities and small villages by joining the American Center Moscow’s NORTH STYLE: HIP HOP ED series!
Going live every Tuesday and Thursday evening on September 20 — October 4, 2022, this online series features Russian musician and DJ Sergey Ivanov in deep and engaging conversations with American and Russian hip hop artists, who compare hip hop in their communities and cultures and discuss the effect of hip hop on youth empowerment and arts education. Tune in live on the American Center in Moscow’s YouTube channel, VK group, and Telegram channel to enjoy the conversations and performances and to ask the artists questions!
The guest speakers on September 29 at 9 p.m. MSK are producer, DJ, author, and educator Dr. Rawls and Russian hip hop artist Hobbit Triffix.
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About the guest speakers:
Dr. Rawls is not only a scholar and an educator, but he is also a practitioner of Hip-Hop. Dr. Rawls contributed production on the album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, which was critically acclaimed as one of the best albums of 1998 and was a major force in the late-1990s underground Hip-Hop explosion. Dr. Rawls has also produced and DJ’ed for artists such as the Beastie Boys, Ghostface of WuTang Clan, Capital Steez (Pro Era), Slum Village, Souls of Mischief, 9th Wonder, and Us3. Dr. Rawls is also a featured speaker at universities around the country. Drawing on his nearly two decades of K-12 teaching experience, in 2019, Dr. Rawls, along with his co-author, John Robinson, released his first book entitled Youth Culture Power: A #HipHopEd Guide to Building Teacher-Student Relationships and Increasing Student Engagement.
As an Associate Professor of Instruction at The Patton College of Education at Ohio University, Dr. Rawls is now co-writing the first Hip-Hop Based Education program in a College of Education in the United States (H.O.P.E. Program). The program is a series of four courses rooted in Hip-Hop Based Education using both Culturally Relevant and Relational Pedagogy. Dr. Rawls is also coordinator of the Brothers R.I.S.E. program at Ohio University.
About the moderator:
Sergey Ivanov is a musician, DJ, MC, poet, independent researcher, and director of the DA EXIT NGO development director and head of the DA EXIT hip-hop education studio in Moscow. He has organized more than seven hip-hop exchange projects since 2014.
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This event will be livestreamed on the American Center in Moscow’s YouTube channel, VK group, and Telegram channel.
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