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.
