The editorial introduces the concept of open access and open educational resources, and explains how these models have been applied in the publication of Global Hip Hop Studies ( GHHS ), and related ERC-funded projects the 3rdAI Hip Hop Research Engine and the textbook Planet Rap: Global Hip Hop and Postcolonial Perspectives. It then issues an invitation to help beta test and otherwise engage these projects in order to find a way to fund the projects – and GHHS – in perpetuity. The remainder of the introduction then turns to summarizing the issue before concluding with a brief celebration of the life and work of hip hop studies pioneer, Professor Marcyliena Morgan, who passed away recently.
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