{"id":5742,"date":"2025-06-22T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5742\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:08:08","slug":"kendrick-lamar-college-course-launches-at-temple-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5742\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar college course launches at Temple University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-hop, especially in urban communities like Philadelphia, has long served as an outlet for youth to express lived experiences \u2014 from poverty and abuse to incarceration and failing school systems. Welbeck says understanding this form of expression is key to interpreting the voice of entire generations.<\/p>\n<p>Welbeck previously taught a course titled \u201cHip-hop and Black Culture\u201d at Temple. He hopes students will leave this new course with a deeper understanding of Lamar\u2019s artistry \u2014 and hip-hop as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-705646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AP25037642672591-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"  \/>Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performer Kendrick Lamar smiles during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in New Orleans ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. (AP Photo\/Matt York)<\/p>\n<p>The class will also feature guest speakers \u2014 industry professionals who have worked with Lamar \u2014 to provide students with insight into his career and the broader music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Lamar is currently co-headlining a tour with singer-songwriter SZA, supporting his sixth studio album, \u201cGNX,\u201d and her reissue, \u201cSOS Deluxe: Lana.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hip-hop, especially in urban communities like Philadelphia, has long served as an outlet for youth to express lived&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1448,2830,1311,7246,7247,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-5742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-super-bowl-59","13":"tag-temple-university","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114728122170455575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}