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The Hip-Hop Therapeutic Education of a Single Mother

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  • By Terriee Pope
  • Source: If Colors Could Be Heard , pp 55-66
  • Publication Date: November 2025
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/9781835951675_8
  • Language: English
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Hip-hop therapy (also known as rap therapy) can be a conduit for the pressures that a single mother may experience while raising a child. This therapeutic technique allowed me, a single mother, to explore my self-identity and love.

Keywords: bibliotherapy ; Hip-hop therapy ; love ; motherhood ; music therapy ; race ; rap therapy ; relationships ; See below ; self-identity

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References

  1. 2Pac. (1996). I Ain't Mad At ‘Cha [CD]. Deathrow Records.
     [Google Scholar]
  2. 2Pac. (1993). I Get Around. Troublesome ‘21 [CD]. Interscope records.
     [Google Scholar]
  3. 50 Cent. (2003). Many Men (Wish Death). Get Rich or Die Tryin’ [CD]. Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records.
     [Google Scholar]
  4. Drake. (2016). Legend. If You're Reading This It's Too Late [CD]. Cash Money Records, Universal Records, and Young Money Entertainment.
     [Google Scholar]
  5. Lil’ Wayne. (2011). How To Love. The Carter IV [CD]. Cash Money Records and Universal Records.
     [Google Scholar]
  6. T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake. (2009). Dead and Gone. Grand Hustle [CD]. Grand Hustle and Atlantic.
     [Google Scholar]
  7. Wale. (2013). Bad. The Gifted [CD]. Maybach Music Group, Atlantic, Allido Records.
     [Google Scholar]
  8. Elligan, D. (2000). Rap therapy: A culturally sensitive approach to psychotherapy with young African American men. Journal of African American Men, 5(3), 27–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-000-1002-y65
     [Google Scholar]
  9. Kobin C., & Tyson E. (2006). Thematic anaylsis of hip-hop music: Can hip-hop in therapy facilitate empathic connections when working with clients in urban setting? The Arts in Psychotherapy, 33(4), 343–356.
     [Google Scholar]
  10. Levy, I. P., Cook, A. L., & Emdin, C. (2018). Remixing the school counselor's tool kit. Professional School Counseling, 22(1), 1–11.
     [Google Scholar]
  11. Pardeck, J. T. (1994). Bibliotherapy: An innovative approach for helping children. Contemporary Education, 65(4), 191.
     [Google Scholar]
  12. Tyson, E. H. (2018). Hip hop therapy: An exploratory study of a rap music intervention with at-risk and delinquent youth. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 15(3).
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  13. Washington, J. (2010, November 7). Blacks struggle with 72 percent unwed mothers rate. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3999368566

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