History Through Hip-Hop veterans Adrian, Brandon, and Devert perform original spoken word and hip-hop verses they wrote to the theme “Peace.” In front of a diverse and challenging set of judges, they ripped the stage. Be on the lookout for more from these young MMAPsters.

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The HHH students have been working hard throughout the semester and our now beginning to create their final projects.  This week the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity from Stanford University came to HHH to assist teens in creation of their final projects.

Teens, Brothers, and Sisters gather for a group shot after a hard days work!

Alpha brothers and HHH co-director Grant help Malik and Michael with their rhyme and melodies, both teens will be showing off their lyrical talents through verse for the College Track Program night December 18, 2009.

Alpha President Brother Remi Sobomehin and HHH teen Xavier Alvarez create an original loop with a funky bass line and a jazzy blues guitar.

Sam and Jessica listen to the fresh beats being created before taking their turn..

Brothers and Sister help Ayela James with her spoken word piece.  Ayela is very talented and has chosen to write a song for her project, her mentors helped her explore different types of personal inspiration.

Shadie Shepard and Necy Benion work with Alpha brothers on a graffiti piece.  The girls will be creating a family themed poster for their project..

In addition to HEArt continuing, this week MMAP Stanford student Remi Sobomehin will bring his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc and fellow Stanford students to participate in two MMAP events.  On Monday, they’ll visit History Through Hip Hop Program at College Track in East Palo Alto, CA.  On Wednesday, “Painting with the Alphas” will start at 4:00pm at the MMAP Headquarters.  Both events will feature step performances by the Alphas and interactive discussions about life, school and the arts.   HEArt programs will continue at ISA and Starr King in San Francisco, CA and Chavez in EPA.

Monday:
5:15        History through Hip Hop w/ the Alphas, College Track

Tuesday:
5:00 – 6:00       HEArt at ISA (SF)
All day            Teff will be working on the second studio

Wednesday:
4:00 – 6:00   Painting with Alphas, MMAP Headquarters

Thursday:
5:00 – 6:00      HEArt at ISA (SF)

Friday:
3:30 – 5:30      HEArt at Starr King (SF)

Saturday:
12:00 – 2:00   Casting Call, MMAP Headquarters

History through hip-hop is turning it up to start off the second half of the semester.. We have two young ladies creating graffiti pieces, a couple young men working on creating a beat line, a co-ed production group mixing rock and rap, and a talented pair of young spoken word divas.  The students will be working on their pieces with help from Grant and Patrick over the next two weeks.

College Track will have a Preview night on December 18, 2009 where each students final project will be displayed.  Parents and community members are invited to attend, and each program instructor is encouraged to engage parents and students.  The HHH students will finish their project next week and then decide if they want to use the same form of Hip-Hop expression for their final project.