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Ohio State Launches Hip-Hop Minor in Music School

Original: The Beat Goes On: School of Music’s hip-hop minor kicks off its first semester

Ohio State University's School of Music has begun the first semester of its new hip-hop minor, formally bringing the genre into the university's academic curriculum. The program signals growing institutional recognition of hip-hop as a serious field of musical study, joining a wider trend of universities offering formal hip-hop courses and degrees.

Why now: Universities expanding curricula to include hip-hop is a notable sign of the genre's cultural and academic legitimacy.

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