Reading, Writing and Hop Hop
Posted by alli on 11-29-2005Eve thinks you should read Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," while Jay-Z recommends "Keep Ya Head Up" by Tupac. You can find these recommendations and more on The Hip Hop Reader, an "interactive website created to increase and enhance the reading habits, Internet usage, and civic engagement of urban high school students." Funded by Verizon, the first Hip Hop reader program is being tested in NYC right now, and features a point system (for students in public NYC high schools), where they can purchase prizes after reading from the Leadership Concil's selections. The council includes Jay-Z, Russel Simmons, Eve and others. Check out the reading lists (in the nav), too.
