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In recent years, the medical sector has embraced “hip-hop therapy” as a valid method for treating mental illnesses, among them depression and anxiety. To get an understanding of how music ...

For so long [we] didn't talk about mental health … particularly in the Black community," said hip-hop music executive and radio host Mike Muse. " I think my therapy was music because I got ...

In the past three years, Tre’Von Johnson-Stearnes’ three aunts died and he didn’t know how to cope with the loss. He would find himself trying to shop, sleep or eat the grief away but ...

Abdul-Adil, from the Chicago School and a hip-hop therapy practitioner, reminisces that he started in the late 1990s with low-income, African American youth, using “Rap music lyrics and hip hop ...

Hip-Hop becomes a form of therapy. Lyrics that detail coping mechanisms or highlight the importance of self-care can inspire fans to take action in their own lives. The accessibility of music as a ...

Beau Lewis created an unusual weekly therapy group for struggling tech founders. Instead of sitting in a circle of folding chairs, participants freestyled — as in hip-hop. “There was a pressure for us ...

The teacher is combining his outside passion with his work, teaching students about social issues and self-expression through ...

The most ascendant genre in music spans mariachi’s guitar, reggaeton’s beats and hip-hop’s edge, drawing massive audiences at concerts and on social media. Mexican artists like Peso Pluma ...