Appalachian Hip Hop Collection

This collection was developed by students in a PED 398 Directed Study course taught by Susan Spalding during January 2009. The course goal was for students to document HipHop dance, music, spoken word, and other cultural expression in the Appalachian region. Video interviews were recorded with Berea students and others along with an open mic performance event. Students Josh Gampfer, Shekina Huffman, Casey Lambdin, and Marcus Leslie drew upon this material to produce the video documentary that is part of this collection. Berea students and others interviewed were Breon Thomas, Committed T Plus (Co Plus), Dennis Sparks, Fat Boy, Jane Kirk, Kendrick Burris, Laquanna Young, Lauren Love, Lil DG, Smoke Wun, Stephanie Whaley, Tina Smith, Thomas Estill, Thomas Webber.