Global Hip Hop Studies

Aims & Scope

Global Hip Hop Studies (GHHS) is a peer-reviewed, rigorous and community-responsive academic journal that publishes research on contemporary as well as historical issues and debates surrounding hip hop music and culture around the world, twice annually.

The journal provides a platform for the investigation and critical analysis of hip hop politics, activism, education, media practices and industry analyses as well as manifestations of hip hop culture in all four of the classic elements (DJing/turntablism, MCing/rapping, graffiti/street art and b-boying/b-girling/breaking and other hip hop dances), the under-examined realms of beatboxing, fashion, identity formation, hip hop nation language (HHNL) and beyond.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• City Girls, hot girls and the re-imagining of Black women in hip hop and digital spaces

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Kyesha

• Ciphers, ‘hoods and digital DIY studios in India: Negotiating aspirational individuality and hip hop collectivity

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Ethiraj Gabriel, Jaspal Naveel

• ‘We [mostly] carry guns for the internet’: Visibility labour, social hacking and chasing digital clout by Black male youth in Chicago’s drill rap scene

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Jabari

• From Hanok to Hanbok: Traditional iconography in Korean hip hop music videos

  Citation: 6

  Authors: CedarBough T.

• ‘Makhanda Forever?’: Pirate internet infrastructure and the ephemeral hip hop archive in South Africa

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Alette

• Digital feminisms in Palestinian hip hop

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Polly

• The impossibility of being Drake: Or, what it means to be a successful (Black) Canadian rapper

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Alexandra

• Mixtapes and memory-making: A hip hop remix of the traditional archive

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Mark V.

• Growing up in hip hop: The expression of self in hypermasculine cultures

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Dave

• ‘If I see a black dot, I shoot it on sight!’: Italian rap between anti- and neo-fascisms

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Enrico