Thus, the impetus for the title of our connection has been hip-hop. The second was a line from the classic Mobb Deep hip-hop record ‘Survival of the Fittest’ in which Prodigy states that there’s a war going on outside from which no man is safe (Mobb Deep 1995). The first was the Capone N Noriega album entitled The War Report (Capone N Noriega 1997). The title ‘The War Report’ stemmed from two different hip-hop locations. What has brought us together in these moments as family and what has also stood in the background of ‘The War Report’ is our connection through hip-hop. ‘The War Report’ has always been a ‘report’: sometimes bad, but sometimes good. It has also been a way to share in the joys of life.
In relaying to one another the events that any one of us was confronting daily, we have found ‘The War Report’ to be a way to keep each other healthy, happy and sane through the various difficulties we may be experiencing at any given moment. This tradition dates back at least 10 years, and has manifested itself in a variety of ways: personal visits, group sessions, phone calls, video chats, etc. In these moments, you could find the two or three of us getting one another up to speed on the happenings of our lives. I begin this special issue of Changing English on hip-hop culture and pedagogy with a story, followed by a set of connections that lead us to where we need to be in reading.Ī couple friends of mine named Furqan and Takbir started an informational gathering that we would refer to as ‘The War Report’.
What’s really good, ‘Straight Outta English’ readers?
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