Lupe Fiasco announced that he’ll be joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute as a visiting professor.

He shared the news on social media, “Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the faculty at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute in Fall 2025 as a Distinguished Visiting Professor, teaching Rap as part of the groundbreaking new 4-year Hip Hop Degree Program led by the visionary Professor @wendelpatrickofficialmusic

The @peabodyinstitute is one of the oldest music conservatories in America. World renowned for its rigorous training and for producing some of the world’s greatest musicians, and I’m honored to contribute to this legacy doing what I love most, Rap. I’ll continue my teaching at @mit and pursuing my fellowship at @yale while advancing Rap studies and practice into the upper echelons of higher education at large.”

 

 

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Lupe will be teaching the rap course as part of the university’s new four-year hip-hop program launching at the Peabody Conservatory in 2025.

About Hip Hop at Peabody: Whether you’re a turntablist, rapper, beatboxer, or producer, you thrive on making music that engages a crowd and excites people. And the Peabody Conservatory’s new undergraduate degree program in Hip Hop can help you take your skills to the next level.

The new Bachelor of Music in Hip Hop will combine the resources and strengths of Peabody’s industry leading Music Engineering and Technology programs with the Conservatory’s long history of excellence in performance training. The department is headed by award-winning composer, producer, beatmaker, pianist, and professor Wendel Patrick.

 

 

Following the one-on-one studio model of a traditional conservatory education, you will develop your skills in lessons with a private instructor—turntable majors will study with a world-class turntablist; Rap majors with a chart-topping emcee. And you’ll get to perform, with and for your colleagues, in an environment that encourages experimentation and authenticity.

Of course, Hip Hop exists in a context, so in addition to your private lessons, you’ll learn about the cultural history and sociopolitical environment in which Hip Hop was born; developments in style, technique, and technology; and the genre’s rise in popularity and influence.

You’ll also take courses in Peabody’s unique Breakthrough Curriculum, designed to develop the business and career skills you’ll need in the real world. And leveraging our affiliation with Johns Hopkins, you’ll have opportunities to share your ideas and collaborate across disciplines with artists, engineers, and innovators at one of the world’s leading universities