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Southwest Philly Makes Hip-Hop History at Kenyatta Johnson's Peace Not Guns Festival
Southwest Philly Makes Hip-Hop History at Council President Kenyatta Johnson's Peace Not Guns Festival NAAM Brigade Reunion, Philly Rap Legends, and Community Unity Make October 17 a Day to...... 1 hour ago
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From the birthplace to the classroom: the Bronx School of Hip-Hop has welcomed its first freshman class. Culture is officially in the curriculum. #Bronx #HipHopEducation #HipHopCulture #NYCSchools
Hip-hop now has a public high school built around its culture in the borough where the movement began. The Bronx School of Hip-Hop welcomed its inaugural class of approximately 100 ninth graders this week. Located at 1600 Webster Avenue in the Claremont section of the Bronx, the school combines standard academic requirements with lessons shaped by hip-hop’s history, creative practices and five core elements. Founding principal Jason Reyes, a Bronx native and longtime educator, has described the approach as rigorous, culturally connected instruction. English courses can use MCing to explore writing, persuasion and rhetorical technique. Math lessons can connect ratios and analytical......
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Rod Wave lands his fourth No. 1 album just as the Don’t Look Down Tour opens in Philly. The pain music is still moving major numbers. #RodWave #DontLookDown #Billboard200 #PhillyMusic
Rod Wave is back on top. His seventh studio album, Don’t Look Down, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated September 12, giving the Florida rapper and singer the fourth chart-topper of his career. The 24-track project opened with approximately 99,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Billboard’s Luminate-based reporting. It follows his previous No. 1 albums SoulFly, Beautiful Mind and Nostalgia. Every Rod Wave project that has reached the Billboard 200 has now entered the Top 10, an unusually steady run for an artist whose music rarely chases conventional pop formulas. Don’t Look Down stays rooted in the emotional storytelling that......News
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