What would you rap about?
If you had one chance to record a track for Jay-Z's Def Jam label, what would you want to talk about? What's so important to you and your life that you'd want to spend 4 minutes talking about it to everyone in the world?
Here's the list we came up with.
soul-food
following dreams
careers
poverty
youth
childhood
the 1940s
the Iraq war
abuse
prejudice
life
girls
art
sports
my dog
sexualities
school
the future
history
my dad
violence
theft
criminals
money
George Bush
government
hip-hop history
accepting people
education
family
gangs
the ghetto
teen pregnancy
black history
religion
faith
drugs
Jesus
disease/AIDS
real relationships
death
the mountains
canoing
gossip
freedom
illegal weapons
respect
struggles
oil
positive change
We also watched part of a DVD called The MC: Why We Do It.
Video: Why We Do It Part One
Video: Why We Do It Part Two