Hip Hop is better than most other musical genres for education because of its emphasis on quick speech, meaning you can get across a lot more information in the same two to three minutes than you can in a traditional song.
And the genre is happily expanding all the time. Below is a small selection of videos I've come across that span History, Theology, Economics, Energy Science & English. Please do let me know about any other quality productions so I can add them to this growing library of Hip Hop academia.
And thank you, Educational Hip Hop, for combining two of my great loves: Hip Hop and Academia.
Origins of World War One
The Rap Battle of Kings
King Charles II & The British Restoration
Epic Magna Carta Rap Battle
Horrible Histories
Martin Luther, His 95 Theses
and the Protestant Reformation
ECONOMICS
Fear the Boom and Bust with F.A.Hayek and J.M.Keynes
The Fight of the Century.
Hayek & Keynes . Government Austerity vs Stimulus
Deck the Halls with Macro Follies.
Have a Very Austrian Christmas!
ENERGY SCIENCE
The Fracking Song (with funk)
Yeah, Baby.
ENGLISH
The Antonym Rap
Word! Professor. . . . or something.
(Obvious disclaimer: No videos are my own. All thanks to respective Youtube creators.)