title: The Beat of Boyle Street: empowering Aboriginal youth through music making.
abstract: An irrepressibly popular musical phenomenon, hip-hop is close to spoken word and focuses on lyrics with a message, reviving local traditions of song that tell histories, counsel listeners, and challenge participants to outdo one another in clever exchanges. A hip-hop music-making program in Edmonton, Canada, successfully reengages at-risk Aboriginal youth in school with high levels of desertion and helps them establish a healthy sense of self and of their identity as Aboriginals.
authors.affiliation: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Elaine L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D016730:Program Development; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012922:Social Change; D014505:Urban Population; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control