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In Providence entrepreneur's classroom, hip-hop inspires student success

At first glance, a day in the Hope Scholars Initiative might look like a typical classroom scene, with students meeting in a small group as they annotate, analyze and make personal connections to a text.  But unlike a more commonplace school environment, students aren’t just analyzing textbooks or novels.