Over the last several weeks, I've been volunteering at the Atwater Library for something called the Hip Hop Literacy Project. This involves teaching groups of 10-to-13 year-olds how to construct beats in Fruity Loops, write raps to put over the beats, and then - like magic! - how to put the two together.It's been a really fun and at times hilarious experience. Some of the kids are really good at beat construction, others have really clever rhymes and surprisingly skilled deliveries, and a few have both - which is inspiring and intimidating to see in an eleven year-old kid. You're never too young to have Mad Skillz, apparently.
Anyway, this coming Tuesday (May 1st), these kids (and others) will be doing a project-end performance at the library. If you are around, I recommend coming out to see what the youth of today are capable of. The performance starts at 6pm sharp, and if the dress rehearsal I witnessed is any indication, it will totally slay.
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You must know my friend Lynn then... She's been working on the project for a while...
hey there, yeah, i think i do...to be honest, there seems to be a lot of different people doing a lot of different things, so its all kind of a blur. without sounding too ridiculous, i'm just trying to make sure the kids know what's going on.
*damn* I read about this too late. Looking forward to your post about how it went. *peever
From what i hear (from her) she's been one of the main players on getting the project started in the city. Without giving her last name away on the internet (starts with one of the last letters of the alphabet ;)
it sounds like a really great project to be involved with. Power to you.
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