Destiny by design & Citzen Schools focus on using hip hop to develop culture and career opportunites in the youth. In the Fall of 2008 Jules Narcisse & Robert Gabriel along with local Ausint Djs, producers, and rappers taught a class at Kealing Middle school about Hip Hop history, style and technique. This video is a mini-documentary chronicling the time they spent learning about hip hop culture, developing their individual talents and style, and their big performance.
I personally think its a really refreshing look at the things Hip Hop can do when put to a constructive purpose. Not to say that Hip-Hop hasn’t done millions of positive things for communites all across the globe, just that this is another great example. Plus its really inspiring to see the kids being so inspired as they learn about their persoanl talents! One of my favorite parts is at 3:15, where the kids are freestyling and beatboxing at the table; lol it gives me flashbacks to 9th grade lunch!!
BIG UPS to Gerald G, AC, Rapid Ric, OG, Tee Double, Ms.RocktheMic,Staci Russell, DaBosnian and Citizen Schools. And a big shout out to MT at AustinHipHopScene.com for the link!
-Cairo
*seem to be having problems with the video, ill try to post it up again later
*here it is
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