Hip-hop is the focus of music degree from Johns Hopkins

HIP HOP AND PEABODY HIP HOP AND PEABODY. TRUST ME, ACTUALLY TRUST HIM. BALTIMORE HIP HOP ROYALTY PROFESSOR WENDELL PATRICK, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I NOT ONLY HAVE BELIEVED IN, YOU KNOW, SINCE I WAS A KID, BASICALLY. BUT IT’S BEEN ONE OF MY FOREMOST FRAMING TEACHERS IN LIFE. PATRICK IS A MUSICIAN IN EVERY SENSE, A COMPOSER, PRODUCER, BEAT MAKER, PIANIST, AND NOW LEADS PEABODY INSTITUTE’S BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN HIP HOP PROGRAM AND CHECK THIS OUT. THE POWER OF HIP HOP FOR ONE IS IS UNDENIABLE. AT THIS POINT. THE PRESENCE IS UNDENIABLE. AND WITH THAT, PEABODY, THE COUNTRY’S FIRST CONSERVATORY IS OFFERING A FIRST OF ITS KIND PROGRAM. IT SHOULD BE STUDIED. IT SHOULD BE IN INSTITUTIONS. BUT AT A PLACE LIKE PEABODY, NOT ONLY CAN IT BE STUDIED, BUT IT’S THERE’S A PRACTICAL ELEMENT WITH HIGHLY SKILLED STUDENTS, HIGHLY SKILLED MUSICIANS, AND HIGHLY SKILLED PRACTITIONERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TEACHING. YES, TEACHING ON THE TURNTABLES, BUT THAT’S JUST, WELL, SCRATCHING THE SURFACE. BUT IT’S VITAL. I THINK HAVING A HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU GET TO ACTUALLY DO THESE THINGS, YOU GET TO MAKE BEATS IN DIFFERENT WAYS USING SAMPLERS, USING SOFTWARE IS I MEAN,...