Cultural Studies Hip Hop

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Subject according curriculum

Diversity Studies

Teachers

Jan Schlüter , Dr. Benjamin Sprick

Scope

Mondays, 3.30-5 p.m. (start: 13.04.2026)

Room

BP U11

Duration

1.5 Semesterwochenstunden

Description

Dear Homies, dear students,

our summer semester for the seminar "Cultural Studies Hip Hop" starts on April 13, 2026 in the Cypher Höhle, room U11 Budge at 3:30 pm.

The seminar is offered by the Diversity Studies / Cultural Studies Hip Hop of the HfMT for students of all disciplines who want to deal with the largest youth culture in the world and the pop cultural discourses related to it. In the sense of "artistic research", practical aspects also play a role. Among other things, the HfMT has therefore agreed a cooperation with the Hip Hop Academy Hamburg.

This semester, we will be examining the history of hip hop and relevant topics such as German rap, female and conscious rap, Black American history and its impact on today's youth culture. In addition, rap subgenres such as the Golden Era, Dirty South, G-Funk, Trap and new styles will be examined.

We will also feature illustrious guests who will tell us about rap and hip hop culture from their perspective. Last semester, for example, Torch and Jan Delay were in the seminar.

And if you dont know - now you know

Dr. Benjamin Sprick and Jan Schlüter aka. Slim Schludy

Literature

Daniel Haas, "Hip Hop. 100 Seiten", Stuttgart: Reclam 2023; Gabriele Klein, "Is this real? The Culture of Hip Hop", Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 2003; Vikki Tobak, "Ice Cold. A Hip-Hop Jewelry History", Cologne: Taschen 2023; Questlove, "Hip Hop is History", New York: Auwa Books 2024; Tricia Rose, "The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop-and Why It Matters", New York: Basic Civitas; Books 2008; Tricia Rose, "Black Noise. Rap Musik and Black Culture in Contemporary America", Middletown: Wesleyan University Press 1994; Sascha Verlan (ed.), "Rap-Texte" = Arbeitstexte für dem Unterricht, Stuttgart: Reclam 2003; Murray Foreman (ed.), That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader, London: Routldge 2023; Peter Shapiro, "The Rough Guide To Hip-Hop", London: Rough Guides 2005; Dustin Breitenwischer, "Die Geschichte des Hip Hop. 111 Alben", Stuttgart: Reclam 2021; Adam Bradley / Andrew Dubois (eds.), "Anthology of Rap", New Haven: Yale University Press 2010; The RZA, "The Wu-Tang Manual", London: Plexus 2004; Adam Krims, "Rap music and the poetics of identity", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2003; Murray Forman, "The 'Hood Comes First. Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop", Middletown: Wesleyan University Press 2002; Dan Charnas, "DILLA TIME. The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm", New York: Picador 2022; Diedrich Diederichsen, "Über Pop-Musik", Kiepenheuer und Witsch, 2014; Diedrich Diederichsen (2015), Körpertreffer. Zur Ästhetik der nachpolulären Künste, Frankfurt Adorno Lectures 2015, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 2017; Diedrich Diederichsen, Das 21. Jahrhundert. Essays, Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch;

Credits

2 Creditpoints

Comments

If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to: hiphopstudies@hfmt-hamburg.de

Online participation in the seminar is possible under the following link:

Moodle (self-enrollment for the course possible):

Seminar schedule

Please register by 10.10.2025 to Jan.schlueter@hfmt-hamburg.de or Benjamin.sprick@hfmt.de

Modules

Wahlmodul freie Wahl (alle Studiengänge), Wahlmodul Lehramt, Studium generale Wahlmodul Master