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Christylez Freestyle

by Smithsonian Folklife Festival

GRAMMY-nominated, progressive hip-hop artist Christylez Bacon discusses the importance of improvisation (freestyling) in hip-hop and accepts a challenge to create a freestyle rap using ten random words.

Interview by Brandon Callahan.
Videography by Jeanie Greenhaugh.
Editing and graphics by Michael Headley.

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2 comments

1 Barbara J Thommes { 07.29.12 at 11:42 am }: Good job!! What a cool thing to get to be part of!!
2 Julie Sanasarain { 09.28.12 at 12:27 pm }: That was awesome! I always did like to see/hear someone rhyming. I think its so neat the way a story can be told…the way a rhyme can unfold.