Photos: Lansing Eastern students find common ground through hip-hop project

Lansing Eastern sophomore Alana Gabriel explains pieces of hip-hop history with Matinga Ragatz of Lansing, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, as part of the ‘Finding Common Ground: This is Hip-Hop 50th Anniversary” museum. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal One of the rap museum pieces on display at Lansing Eastern’s celebration of 50-years of hip-hop, seen Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal “I asked parents to come and dress up and engage, and they delivered,” Lansing Eastern High School Honors English teacher Robyne Muray says as she talks to students and parents during the “Reflections of 50-years of hip-hop” event at Lansing Eastern, Friday, Feb,. 16, 2024. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal Lansing Eastern freshman Miliyah Stough talks about her team’s hip-hop museum station she and fellow Honors English students created as part of their project-based learning class ‘Finding Common Ground: This is Hip-Hop 50th Anniversary” at Lansing Eastern, Friday, Feb,. 16, 2024. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal “I asked parents to come and dress up and engage, and they delivered,” Lansing Eastern High School Honors English teacher Robyne Muray says as she commends Eastern parent Tim Deines for the hip-hop regalia he wore to the “Reflections of 50-years...