Lupe Fiasco to serve as hip-hop professor at Johns Hopkins' Peabody Institute

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Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco is going from the studio to the classroom with his new job opportunity. On New Year’s Day, January 1, the veteran rapper posted on social media to announce that he will be joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute teaching a course for the university’s new four-year hip-hop degree program in the Fall of this year.

Let’s hit the ground running in 2025… Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the faculty at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute in Fall 2025 as a Distinguished Visiting Professor, teaching Rap as part of the groundbreaking new 4-year Hip Hop Degree Program led by the visionary Professor @wendelpatrickofficialmusic. The @peabodyinstitute is one of the oldest music conservatories in America. World renowned for its rigorous training and for producing some of the world’s greatest musicians, and I’m honored to contribute to this legacy doing what I love most, Rap. I’ll continue my teaching at @mit and pursuing my fellowship at @yale while advancing Rap studies and practice into the upper echelons of higher education at large. See you soon Baltimore 🙏🏾

Students who were looking to enroll in the course had the deadline of Friday, Jan. 3 to apply.

For more information on what to expect during the course, click here.