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READING, WRITING, AND
ARITHMETIC.
THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE REFER TO
AS THE 3 R'S OF LEARNING.
AT BLACK HAWK MIDDLE SCHOOL IN
MADISON, THEY'RE USING A FOURTH
R
TO GET THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS.
NBC15'S CHIEF PHOTOJOURNALIST
JEREMY NICHOLS HAS THE STORY.
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IF WE HAVE LESS CROPS, THEN THE
PRICES FOR
THE FOOD THAT WE DO HAVE IS
GONNA WHAT? RISE.
IT MAY SOUND LIKE AN ECONOMICS
LESSON,
"CAUSING POVERTY FOR OUR LIVES."
BUT MARQUESE FORD DOESN'T
SPECIALIZE IN SUPPLY AND
DEMAND.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE GET
THE MAIN IDEA SO
WE CAN PUT IT IN SONG FORMAT."
THE MAN ALSO KNOWN AS DJ SIXTEEN
IS TEACHING A
DIFFERENT LESSON.
"WHEN YOU HEAR HIP HOP IN THE
MAINSTREAM, ALL
YOU THINK ABOUT IS MONEY,
FLASHY, CARS, PARTYING, AND
DRUGS. YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT
BEING TOGETHER, AND SEEING HOW
MULTICULTURAL HIP HOP REALLY IS.
IT'S NOT
ALWAYS NEGATIVITY. IT'S ALSO
ABOUT POSITIVITY."
SO FORD, ALONG WITH OTHER LOCAL
RAPPERS IS SPENDING 3 DAYS AT
BLACK HAWK MIDDLE SCHOOL AS PART
OF THE RAP UP PROGRAM.
"CLIMATE CHANGE IS INSANE."
HERE'S THE INSANE PART.
"GREENHOUSE GASES CAUSING SEA
LEVELS TO
RISE, WHEN EXTREME WEATHER
COMES, PEOPLE START TO LOSE
THEIR LIVES."
WITH BEATS PROVIDED BY DJ PAIN
1, STUDENTS LIKE DAMION
ELIZONDO ARE RAPPING ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE AS PART OF THEIR
6TH GRADE SCIENCE CLASS.
"THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FIRST TIME
ACTUALLY
MAKING A VIDEO ABOUT MUSIC,
BECAUSE USUALLY MY SCHOOLS DON'T
DO THIS. SO THIS IS A PRETTY
EXCITING PART OF MY LIFE FOR
ME."
"YOU GET TO SEE HOW SMART THESE
CHILDREN
REALLY ARE."
43:45 "LET'S TRY THIS RHYMING
THING,
DESCRIBING CLIMATE CHANGE. AND
THE WAY IT AFFECTS PEOPLE IN
DEBT, TRYING TO CHANGE."
45::07 "WE CAN'T AFFORD SHELTER,
SHELTER. WE
NEED MORE HELP HERE. WE'RE
GOING TO TOTALLY SLOW IT DOWN."
WHILE VICTORIA MCALISTER TEACHES
THE KIDS HOW TO RHYME, THE
RAPPER KNOWN AS CROWN VIC IS
ALSO A STUDENT.
"THEY ACTUALLY TEACH ME ABOUT
CLIMATE
CHANGE. THE WAY THAT THEY PUT
THEIR WORDS TOGETHER, EVERY TIME
WE HAVE TO RE-DO IT,
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT STICKS."
"YOU CAN RAP ABOUT ANYTHING. YOU
CAN
MAKE IT COOL. YOU CAN MAKE IT
HIP. IT'S DOPE. (LAUGHS)"
"CROPS START TO DIE. PRICES
START TO RISE.
CAUSING POVERTY FOR OUR LIVES."
25:17 RAP. (LAUGHS) I'M PROUD
OF Y'ALL. GOOD
JOB. GOOD JOB." (HIGH FIVES)
IN MADISON, THIS IS JEREMY
NICHOLS, FOR NBC15 NEWS