Hip-hop, digital media, and the changing face of music education

This article and accompanying podcast explore the technological approaches and techniques found in hip hop as obvious examples of changes happening across music. The article uses the example of Dwayne Carter, aka Lil Wayne, to explore some of the approaches and techniques now in use, and then locates similar approaches in the classroom teaching of the author. The article concludes with a brief review of hip hop resources of value to music educators.published or submitted for publicationnot peer reviewe