Hip -
hop based
education (HHBE) research started near the end of the 20th century, as scholars recognized that hip -
hop could, in the words of Roderic Land and David Stovall, «engage youth in social discourse, which fosters critical thinking and academic and media
literacy.»
So far REMIX has presented the film OT: Our Town, which documented a Compton, California high school's production of the American stage classic, Our Town; and has hosted a conversation about hip -
hop in
education, and the ways it can be used as a tool in classrooms to address issues of
literacy, race, and social justice.