Since 2001, the U.
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A timely study of U.
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Hip hop has from its beginning been a means of creating community through artistic collaboration, fostering what hip hop artists call building .
There are good reasons for this: hip hop is known and loved across the globe, acknowledged and appreciated as a product of American culture.
Department of State has been sending hip hop artists abroad to perform and teach as goodwill ambassadors.
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