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Recursion

(56,582 posts) Thu Dec 3, 2015, 05:19 AM Dec 2015

Young, geeky, and black in Memphis (BBC video)

Just wanted to share this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038dxst

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Young, geeky, and black in Memphis (BBC video) (Original Post) Recursion Dec 2015 OP

Nice! Hail to the Black Girl Nerds! Kind of Blue Dec 2015 #1

Did they actually have to explain who GZA is? Recursion Dec 2015 #2

I know! I included it for the many lurkers here, Kind of Blue Dec 2015 #3

Carry on then. Recursion Dec 2015 #4

Damn, look at GZA!! Hip hop is spreading its fucking wings for real!! Number23 Dec 2015 #5

"Hip hop is spreading its fucking wings for real!!" Kind of Blue Dec 2015 #6

Oh my God! I say all the time that I hardly listen to any rapper that came after '93. '93 was SOOOO Number23 Dec 2015 #7

Kind of Blue

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1. Nice! Hail to the Black Girl Nerds!

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 11:30 AM

Dec 2015

Listening now. Thanks!

Saw this the other day.

"GZA is a founding member of the seminal hip hop group, the Wu-Tang Clan, and co-founder of SCIENCE GENIUS with Christopher Emdin of Teachers College. The program seeks to engage high school students in science using hip hop. The pilot program met with great success in terms of recognition and results: participating schools saw an increase in regents exams scores and 15-25% in attendance.

GZA has lectured at Harvard, Oxford, USC, MIT, NYU, Cornell, and JPL/NASA. In his travels, he has met with a myriad scientists to seek inspiration for his forthcoming album entitled DARK MATTER, which will be released Spring 2014. The project is a natural extension of his longtime fascination with the cosmos. "I will take a quantum leap and discuss the universe while taking us on a journey through deep space. Traveling at lightspeed from the galactic center of one galaxy to the farthest corners of another. I hope my listeners will enjoy this cosmic adventure within a world of colossal planets, gas giants, meteorites, comets, and asteroids in the most extreme conditions."

Recursion

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2. Did they actually have to explain who GZA is?

Reply to Kind of Blue (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 11:31 AM

Dec 2015

God damn I'm old...

Kind of Blue

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3. I know! I included it for the many lurkers here,

Reply to Recursion (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 11:34 AM

Dec 2015

especially for those who've come to learn something.

Recursion

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4. Carry on then.

Reply to Kind of Blue (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 11:36 AM

Dec 2015

If it's for the greater good...

Number23

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5. Damn, look at GZA!! Hip hop is spreading its fucking wings for real!!

Reply to Kind of Blue (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 06:55 PM

Dec 2015

I had no idea! Thank you so much for posting this!

Wonder what RZA is up to these days??

Kind of Blue

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6. "Hip hop is spreading its fucking wings for real!!"

Reply to Number23 (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 10:06 AM

Dec 2015

I love it so much! Listening to the kids, being a science major once upon a time, it was really nice to be able to follow and know those youngster know what they're talking about. It's a beautiful thing how the intellect can be cultivated from many disciplines at once! WOW!

Ha! Last I heard of RZA was a few years ago when NPR did a respective of 1993. Hip-Hop's Golden Year, the whole programming http://www.npr.org/series/172716049/hip-hops-golden-year and of, course, featuring RZA and his 20-year plan http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/04/08/176519640/the-wu-tang-clans-20-year-plan

Number23

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7. Oh my God! I say all the time that I hardly listen to any rapper that came after '93. '93 was SOOOO

Reply to Kind of Blue (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 07:13 PM

Dec 2015

good for hip hop.

And the idea that old school rappers are now becoming teachers for younger kids just makes me grin from ear to ear. This is so amazingly awesome. I'd love to be involved in this somehow.

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