About the Journal of Hip-Hop

JoHH Mission
Founded in April 2004, The Journal of Hip-Hop presents an opportunity for writers (graphic and text), poets and artists, to critically dialogue on Hip-Hop culture. Hip-Hop, consisting of at least 5 elements: bombing, b-boying, dee-jaying, emceeing, and knowledge (of self and culture), has gone from humble beginnings in the South Bronx during the 1970s, to a worldwide culture with a billion-dollar earning value. Emcees, our urban griots, have used rap music as oral history in recording the events of urban America. The Journal of Hip-Hop provides a landscape to intelligently dissect, critique, attack, sermonize, or eulogize Hip-Hop culture, through the written word.

"People treat Hip-Hop like an isolated phenomenon. They don’t treat it as a continuum, a history or legacy. And it really is. And like all mediums or move-ments, it came out of a need."

- Mos Def

key members of the hip-hop matters/journal of hip-hop team

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Our mission with the Journal of Hip-Hop, in part, supports the educational objectives of Hip-Hop Matters, Inc. our parent agency.

The Journal of Hip-Hop provides a medium for those to reflect on the culture and sustainance of the 5 elements.

We invite contributors from all levels and backgrounds, from street scholars to industry artists, to submit their works freely to the journal in hopes of promoting and continuing a constructive dialogue on prevelant issues centered around and directly/indirectly related to Hip-Hop culture.

Please continue through our site to learn more about submitting to the journal, learn about our staff/editors, purchase the journal, and access our soon to be available content and community resourses.

Also, we encourage you to voice your comments and view on our community blog

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