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Rap It Up Workshop

with Jeffery Boston Weatherford, Artist in Residence

2024-06-26 14:00:00 2024-06-26 15:45:00 America/Chicago Rap It Up Workshop Write and record your Hip Hop creations. Study Commons - Multipurpose Room

Wednesday, June 26
2:00pm - 3:45pm

Add to Calendar 2024-06-26 14:00:00 2024-06-26 15:45:00 America/Chicago Rap It Up Workshop Write and record your Hip Hop creations. Study Commons - Multipurpose Room

Study Commons

Multipurpose Room

Write and record your Hip Hop creations.

Learn the technology of making beats and rhymes and the history of Hip Hop. Each day, learn the skills needed to produce tracks – like writing and revising, recording, and editing – from our Artist-in-Residence, Jeffery Boston Weatherford.

 

Workshop Outline

Unit 1 – The Roots of Rap and the Pillars of Hip Hop

Unit 2 – Rhyme, Wordplay, and Verseperfect

Unit 3 – Beats, Mikes, Mixers, Midi Boards, & Audacity

Unit 4 – Tips on Performance and Recording Your Rap

 

This program is designed for students ages ten and up. Space is limited, and registration is required. Participants are expected to attend all four days of the workshop time selected at registration. Call (225) 473-8052 to reserve your spot.

 

A performance poet and fine artist, Jeffery Boston Weatherford has lectured, performed, and led art and writing workshops in the US, West Africa, and the Middle East. He illustrated the award-winning book You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airman, Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect, and most recently, Kin: Rooted in Hope. He was also a Romare Bearden scholar at Howard University, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree.

AGE GROUP: | Teens (ages 12-18) |

EVENT TYPE: | Music, Film & Culture | Authors & Performers |

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Study Commons

Phone: 225-257-1307

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