ESL Hip Hop

Learn English with hip-hop and rap.

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Future Progressive with 2Pac

May 27, 2013 by Stephen Mayeux

2Pac is one of the greatest rappers of all time, and his music is recognized across the world. Most of 2Pac’s songs revolved around the struggles and violence in the inner city, racism and other social problems that he encountered during his life. “Changes” was originally recorded in 1992, but it was not released until […]

Filed Under: Grammar, Level 6, Students Tagged With: 2Pac, future progressive, grammar, idioms, west coast, writing

Comparative Adjectives with Dead Prez

May 20, 2013 by Stephen Mayeux

Dead Prez is a hip-hop duo from New York City, and its members are stic.man and M-1. They are known for their aggressive and confrontational style, and their lyrics focus on socialism, social justice and Pan-Africanism, which is an ideology that encourages unity of all Africans worldwide. Dead Prez is particularly critical of corporate-controlled media, and they […]

Filed Under: Grammar, Level 2, Students Tagged With: adjectives, grammar, spelling, writing

Found Poetry with Rap Albums

May 16, 2013 by Stephen Mayeux

Artist: Various

Teaching Resource: Lesson Plan + Sample Pinterest Page

Filed Under: Teachers Tagged With: EFL, ESL, reading, speaking, teaching, TESOL, writing

Pass the TOEFL with MC Lars

April 24, 2013 by Stephen Mayeux

MC Lars is an American rapper who is well known for his unique nerdcore and post-punk laptop rap style. In this track, he answers the question “What is hip-hop?” and sings with legendary and talented artist KRS-One as well as MC Chris and Rittz. MC Lars would make a great English teacher! His verse has not only […]

Filed Under: Grammar, Level 5, Students Tagged With: Berkeley, grammar, MC Lars, nerd, nerdcore, noun clauses, present continuous, present progressive, vocabulary, west coast, writing

About The Founder

Stephen Mayeux is the founder of ESLhiphop.com. He used to be an English Teacher, but now he lives in Austin, TX and works as a software developer.

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