The Hip-Hop Mindset as a Professional Practice

Reviews / Votes

Dr. Toby Jenkins' book, "The Hip-Hop Mindset" aligns and triggers rarely thought of and "dope" views about the power of a hip-hop mindset and how it can effectively be embodied in praxis. I have never seen such a prolific writing about hip-hop and its value proposition and impact on creative and forward thinking, practice, knowledge and community connectedness for good. The read reps the foundation for understanding hip-hop as unapologetically drive-driven and positively strategic.

P. Thandi Hicks Harper, Ph.D.

President, Youth Popular Culture Institute, Inc.

Former Faculty of Education at Howard University

Author of first thesis in higher education worldwide on Hip-Hop Education

"The Hip-Hop Mindset" offers professionals in other industries insight into what those of us in the music industry have known for decades: that hip-hop is a mainstream culture of power, drive, excellence, and success. Professor Toby Jenkins' profile of the "hip-hop habits of mind" is accurate, authentic and filled with all of the creativity, flavor, flow and style required by the culture.

A.J. Savage

Former Director of Radio Promotion at J Records, Arista Records, and RCA Records and Vice President of Promotions & Marketing at Warner Bro. Records

In true Hip-hop scholar fashion, Dr. Toby Jenkins presents an educational approach borne of the aesthetics of Hip-hop-the Hip-hop Mindset. It goes to the core of what education and professional discipline should do--begin with students' human audacity, a posture that pushes past basic test scores into higher realms of creativity, a superstar mindset where guts and love are core to an ethic of professional practice.

Elaine Richardson, PhD

Professor of Literacy Studies

Department of Teaching and Learning

The Ohio State University