I think there is a tension.

It may be as simple as you approach your academic life differently than your hip hop life, and the 2 are so different that it is hard to bridge the gap even if you wanted to.

Most of the proponents of hip hop in college are just dismissing that/your reluctance wholesale, and are pretty much making the argument that with the right teacher and curriculum..it's all good.

I think you're gut is telling you something that your mind already knows to be true, it's just you don't have the words yet.

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