# How hip-hop helps us understand science

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2019
- Speaker: Danielle N. Lee
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/danielle_n_lee_how_hip_hop_helps_us_understand_science)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In the early 1990s, a scandal rocked evolutionary biology: scientists discovered that songbirds -- once thought to be strictly monogamous -- engaged in what's politely called "extra-pair copulation." In this unforgettable biology lesson on animal infidelity, TED Fellow Danielle N. Lee shows how she uses hip-hop to teach science, leading the crowd in an updated version of Naughty by Nature's hit "O.P.P."

## Lectures

1. [How hip-hop helps us understand science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/danielle_n_lee_how_hip_hop_helps_us_understand_science/f73422a362be), 9 min (TED's player)