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Resources and Links

LITERATURE

• Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hiphop generation//Jeff Chang

• Subway Art//Martha Stewart & Henry Chalfant

• Back in the Days//Jamel Shabazz

• The Vibe History of Hip Hop

TV/FILM

• Beat Street

• Breakin'

• Electric Boogaloo

• Style Wars

• Rhyme & Reason 

• Hiphop Evolution (Netflix)

About the Teacher

Oriana Lee identifies as an interdisciplinary artist and educator of African descent, currently living in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Brought up in the Southern United States (TN), Lee’s artistic lens is primarily one representing Southern American Blackness, and often fused with aspects of traditional African culture through patterns, symbols, and storytelling.

Having worked and created primarily as an MC, writer/poet, and performer for the past three decades, Hiphop is the culture that Lee lives and breathes. For the past 20 years, Lee has been on the leading edge of the home-education movement and has organized educational support groups, and developed curriculum across a diverse range of subject areas and ability levels.

In addition to being a Wellbeing Coach, Lee is the co-executive director of a circus organization.