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 find hard to understand. In these two videos on Hip Hop Sobriety, Delbert Boone addresses the influencing factors of this often controversial group.

In Part One, THE ROOTS OF THE HIP HOP GENERATION, primarily a staff training program, 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 and why those at the beginning of the generation have a vastly different interpretation of hip-hop music and culture than those at the end. Delbert then provides strategies for effectively working with these clients and explains why achieving wealth, by any means necessary, is more important than most anything else to this generation. 40 minutes
*Click here to VIEW CLIP

In Part Two, BUILDING A BRIDGE TO THE HIP HOP GENERATION, a client education program filmed with a group of young adults, Delbert Boone discusses the influencing factors of their generation and how they have relied on clothes and music to define their culture. He addresses their values and morals, rites of passage, social norms and the mixed messages they have received from the media and their peers. He discusses why most of them got their education off the street and why they felt that school and jobs were not going to do them any good. Boone also addresses interpersonal relationships and why most young people of their generation often isolate and start using drugs and why drug trafficking appeals to them. 44 minutes
*Click here to VIEW CLIP