Lyrics as Literature: Reevaluating Hip Hop
Joquetta Johnson, school librarian at Randallstown (Md.) High School, opened her Saturday afternoon ALA Annual Conference program, “Lyrics as Literature: A Musical Approach to Teaching Literacy, Social Justice, and Amplifying Student Voice,” with a short quiz. She gave attendees lyrics and asked them to guess which were written by modern hip-hop artists and which were by William Shakespeare.