Hip hop artist, Kendrick Lamar, will be part of the subject matter at Georgia Regents University’s English composition course. The aim is to add diversity to the course while adding some modern classics to the discussion.

Lamar’s album “Good kid, m.A.A.d city”, along with James Joyce, James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, and the 1991 movie “Boyz N The Hood” are the primary materials to be used in the course. They will explore the literary works of young people growing up in Dublin, New York, Chicago and Compton/Los Angeles.

In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, class instructor Adam Diehl spoke about the origins of the course and why he believes it’s important to cover the historical significance of an album so recently released.

Addressing the origins of the class, lecturer Diehl says he decided to focus on Kendrick’s good kid, m.A.A.d city because of the “complexity of its storytelling” and the “continuing focus on the city of his upbringing—Compton.”

Addressing the origins of the class, lecturer Diehl says he decided to focus on Kendrick’s good kid, m.A.A.d city because of the “complexity of its storytelling” and the “continuing focus on the city of his upbringing—Compton.”

“I was given the opportunity to create my own theme for the class,” Diehl says. “I decided to center the class on good kid, m.

A.A.d city because I think Kendrick Lamar is the James Joyce of Hip Hop–i.e. in the complexity of his storytelling, in his knowledge of the canon, and in his continuing focus on the city of his upbringing—Compton.”

Source: HipHopDX.com

The freshman composition course is designed to write a research paper about the subject matters involved in all of the artist lyrics, film, and writings. The main subjects involved being gang warfare, police brutality, racism, incarceration rates, human trafficking, etc. It is expected powerful and insightful conversation will be generated as a result.