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What Hip-Hop Can Teach Cities About More Inclusive Planning

Hip-hop artists are vocal about critiques of their neighborhoods, but are planners and architects listening?

September 26, 2017 - GreenBiz

Blackalicious

Gift of Gab's 'The Gentrification Song' Grieves for Lost Communities

An MC worries that hipsters are displacing the poor, and cities are changing for the worse.

July 1, 2017 - NPR

Friday Funny: Hip-Hop Hounds Promote Cycling Safety

Some cities see citations as the best way to improve bike safety; others focus on educational classes. But in Boston, a crew of rapping puppets encourage riders to "Put Your Helmet On".

October 18, 2013 - The Atlantic Cities

Hip-Hop Architecture Remixes Global Design

Never heard of hip-hop architecture? According to C.C. Sullivan, the global movement infusing architecture with artistic and cultural elements inspired by hip-hop has been spreading for at least a decade.

August 25, 2012 - SmartPlanet

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