Anticipating the inspiration from a motivational speaker of an event titled, “Hip Hop Comes to School” at Clarkston GPC campus, April 12, 2010. Gazing at the small audience, and wondering the mind frame of the man who would create such an outlet for people to experience. The first segment started with Bryant Smith, author, speaker, and human potential specialist. Bryant intrigued the audience on not only the basis and history of Rap/Hip-Hip cultural, but to the people who made a positive influence within the industry. Making appearances and fulfilling minds as a lifetime thrill, Bryant’s motivation comes from the mental states of hip-hip and the negative factors people accuse various problems on the world start with. He states, “Once you know your history people can’t beat you up with it. So I use workshops to show that there are other influences that people use hip-hop as an excuse for. Throughout time YOUTH culture has always been REBELIOUS.” (Powerful statement) Also throughout the brief previews of the segment, audience members would interject and participate with naming artists and giving influential feedback on history that they’ve researched or experienced. A woman added in the audience that gang activity was heavy within her school in New York City, gangs such as "The Black Spades" founded by Afrikan Bambaata, an old school emcee, who positively also won a writing contest which landed him a trip to South Africa that inspired him to turn his life around and influence others around him. Giving artifice figures that exploited the minds of the audience as well as giving feedback on the history of money and women, and what titles the “INDUSTRY” holds Hip-Hop/Rap under. Reminding us that Hip-Hop is a cultural movement that dominates populations. Due to the fact, that there are artist within the industry who cast derogatory statements and issues that force the diminishing figures to live on. This is why predominate society focuses the word “Rap” or “Hip-Hop” in a more demeaning sense. Bryant sheds some positive factors that a lot of the participants today seemed to enjoy.
Bryant Smith: www.smithcan.com or contact him at bryant@smithcan.com
The second segment after such a powerful display was from a man named Matthew “Cuban” Hernandez; Poet, Emcee, Mentor, and C.E.O/Director of “Shattered Thought Greenhouse” and “The Greenhouse Communication Initiative (GCI)”. GCI is a nonprofit organization founded in 2006 which holds a full staff of multiple organizations within Kentucky, Florida, and Indianapolis. When asked about his motivation he states, “A unit of positivity to influence the youth with unspoken words to inspire others. It’s not only an inspiring art for me, but also a healing art that I’m able to share with others”. In the presence of a man who is only 22 years old, overcame the fear at the age of 13 to perform his fierce piece in a small coffee shop in Jacksonville, FL where he also remains a native. He moved the crowd and instilled our minds with various humorous haikus, and captivating the audience with bold words, good enough to rapture the minds of the students that sat before him; Pouring his opinions on relationships, and the God that lives within us. Exuding positivity, and humbleness, while leaving the stage with a bright smile, Cuban thanked the audience before his departure and once again stated another haiku, passed out business cards, and sold various albums that he has been able to record. “Students seemed to enjoy this event at GPC” one representative stated. Well it was definitely an enjoyable setting for me. We at GPC thank you all for the experience!
Cuban: www.greenhousecommunication.org / www.shatteredthought.org or contact him at cuban872000@yahoo.com
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