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About me
Known for his music production work with artists like Black Thought, Busta Rhymes, Mos Def, Domo Genesis (Odd Future), Capital Steez (Pro Era), Beastie Boys, Del tha Funky Homosapien, Aloe Blacc and more. Still an active practitioner in the music industry, in 2024, Rawls released an album with Talib Kweli called “The Confidence of Knowing”. Dr. Jason Rawls is an educator with over two decades of teaching experience. A leader of the #HipHopEd movement, Dr. Rawls is an Assistant Professor of Hip Hop at THE Ohio State University. He is part of the team that is creating one of the first Hip Hop Studies program in a School of Music in the United States. Before this, at Ohio University, Dr. Rawls helped develop the first Hip-Hop Based Education program in a College of Education. The program, called H.O.P.E., is a series of four courses rooted in Hip-Hop Based Education using both Culturally Relevant and Relational Pedagogy. Dr. Rawls is also co-author of a book entitled, Youth Culture Power: A #HipHopEd Guide to Building Teacher-Student Relationships and Increasing Student Engagement. He is also featured in an exhibit on Hip Hop at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
