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Hip-Hop Development
Coined by P. Thandi Hicks Harper, PhD in 2006, Hip-Hop DevelopmentTM speaks to Hip-Hop culture's ability to provide the practical and theoretical context necesssary to discuss and implement strategies using the culture as the catalyst for successfully engaging and mobilizing youth for positive outcomes. Once ignored and feared as a theory of change worth examining, HHD continues to thrive as The Rose that Grew from Concrete (Tupac Shakur featuring Nikki Giovanni (2000).

HHD is a new and emerging theory of change that recognizes Hip-Hop as:

•	An important integral part of Youth Development and Engagement Models. •	A “new” strategy/tool which overlaps existing approaches in the field of youth work. •	A catalyst for reaching youth where they are in order to get and keep them engaged in their developmental process through learning, civic activism, leadership, organizing, revitalizing their neighborhoods, and influencing policy. •	A means for allowing youth to bring their realities, ideas, choices, and communication styles to the forefront for positive change. •	Playing a vital role in the development and engagement of youth with or without organizational or adult structure. •	An instrument for successfully engaging, organizing and mobilizing youth in urban, suburban and rural neighborhoods irregardless of intent. Ypci (talk) 17:53, 31 October 2008 (UTC)Dr. Harper