Underperforming California school district paying enormous sum to teach kids with a 'rap curriculum'

An underperforming California school district is dishing out nearly $300,000 to partner with a group to teach a rap-based curriculum to students, sparking "troubling" concerns, the Justice Department said. 

The Merced City School District, one of the state’s lower-performing school districts, has signed a $270,000 contract with School Yard Rap, the New York Post reported. 

 The agreement includes a summer "Rap Camp" and an "African American Affinity Group," which has raised questions...