The Roots of the Hip Hop Generation

Today many of the clients sitting in your office or in your treatment program are a part of the Hip Hop Generation, a group of young adults that many of us do not understand. During his new two-part video Hip Hop Sobriety, Delbert Boone addresses the influencing factors of this often controversial group of young people. During Part One, The Roots of the Hip Hop Generation, Delbert Boone describes the Hip Hop Generation as those born between 1965 and 1984. He explains how those at the end of the Civil Rights and Black Power Generation were essentially the ones who gave birth to the movement that has been defined as the Hip Hop Generation. He explains why those at the beginning of the generation have a vastly different interpretation of hip-hop music and culture than those at the end of the age group. During Part Two, Treating the Hip Hop Generation, Delbert provides strategies for effectively working with clients of the Hip Hop Generation. He explains why achieving wealth, by any means necessary, is more important than most anything else to this generation.