Alastair Pennycook looks at how global Englishes, transcultural flows and pedagogy are interconnected in ways that oblige us to rethink language and culture within the contemporary world.

1. Hip Hop Be Connectin 2. Other Englishes 3. Transgressive Theories 4. Performance and Performativity 5. Taking the Vernacular Voices of the Popular Seriously 6. English and the Global Spread of Authenticity 7. Language Flows, Language Mixes 8. Hip Hop Pedagogies and Local Knowledge References