Sure hip hop should be an available class to study in college.

College is for higher learning. It is for growth and development. It tries to provide an opportunity for students to become more balanced and well rounded. Offering a class on Hip Hop would be an opportunity for those who are interested in knowing about the who's, whats, wheres, and whys about hip hop to learn and become more knowledgeable about it. Hip Hop has made such an impact on the world that the institutions of higher learning should offer their students the opportunity to learn about it.

It's a class. It's not going to change or save the world. It's not going to destroy the world either. If you're interested, then take the class. If not, then don't. If the school doesn't have the interest from students to make it a full blown class, then it should at least be covered in the History of, and Music Appreciation courses.

Some are making this post way more complex than it needs be. Being offended because a class is 'offered' is bias. It's like being "upset" or in "disagreement" with a school because they offer a class on Sub Saharan Africa. If it doesn't fit your particular field of study, then don't take it. There are many electives available in college. The more that are offered, then the more value the school you are attending is offering. But, you don't HAVE to take it. If you "disagree" with whom they have teaching the class, then YOU teach it, or accept the person they have teaching it.