There are many ensembles and courses related to hip-hop at Berklee- from ensembles, to songwriting courses, to productions courses. To catch a glimpse at what's happening, check out the Identity Project, Berklee's first hip-hop compilation comprised of 15 songs remotely produced by current Berklee students and alumni. The collection of songs include producers, songwriters, and artists who have completed the Contemporary Writing & Production Hip-Hop course at Berklee taught by Assistant Professor Shea Rose
For those looking to explore some of the tools and techniques of the trade, check out the Creative Technology Center, where you can utilize their workstations and equipment, or sign up for peer training sessions to hone your beat-making skills on various DAWs or other software.
Boston has long had an overlooked role in the history of hip-hop. There are many notable hip-hop events and artists to come out of Boston, such as Guru (of Gang Starr), Marky Mark, and some of rap's earliest producers, Maurice Starr and Michael Jonzun, who worked at Sugar Hill Records. And for a city that struggles to overcome it's racist past, the scene has always been producing head-turning artists.
For a deeper look into the complicated history of the Boston Hip-hop scene, check out some of these articles, then explore some of the resources that are letting the local scene flourish.
The Languages of Global Hip Hop by 
Hanguk Hip Hop by
How has Hanguk (South Korean) hip hop developed over the last two decades as a musical, cultural, and artistic entity? How is hip hop understood within historical, sociocultural, and economic matrices of Korean society? How is hip hop represented in Korean media and popular culture? This book utilizes ethnographic methods, including fieldwork research and life timeline interviews with fifty-three influential hip hop artists, in order to answer these questions. It explores the nuanced meaning of hip hop in South Korea, outlining the local, global, and (trans)national flows of musical and cultural exchanges. Throughout the chapters, Korean hip hop is examined through the notion of buran--personal and societal anxiety or uncertainty--and how it manifests in the dimensions of space and place, economy, cultural production, and gender. Ultimately, buran serves as a metaphoric state for Hanguk hip hop in that it continuously evolves within the conditions of Korean society.
