Mr. Parker the Hip Hop Teacher

As a 25+ year Certified Classroom Language Arts, Poetry and Creative Writing Teacher and as a Father of a young daughter, Ryan T. Parker brings you Mr. Parker the Hip Hop Teacher!

The mission of Mr. Parker the Hip Hop Teacher is to create a joyful, literacy-rich children’s show for ages 4–8 that centers the beauty, brilliance, and creativity of marginalized identities. Through hip-hop–infused learning, storytelling, affirmations, and real-world exploration, we nurture confidence, curiosity, and a lifelong love of learning. We offer children mirrors that affirm their identities and possibilities, while providing windows into joyful, expansive histories and lived experiences rooted in imagination, pride, and community.

As my favorite poets and hip hop heroes taught me, hip hop is dance, hip hop is music, hip hop is writing and reading, hip hop is history, hip hop is science and math, hip hop is peace, love and unity, hip hop is art and knowledge. Hip hop is everywhere: You, Me, We.