Institute, WV — West Virginia State University Extension Service is hosting its annual 4-H Hip Hop Camp, a weeklong overnight camp for youth ages 12 to 18 that focuses on skill mastery in Hip Hop Arts traditions. The camp will take place at Camp Virgil Tate, July 25-29.
On Tuesday, July 27 at 2 p.m., campers will be on the WVSU campus for a special Hip Hop Summit featuring a panel discussion with renowned poet Nikki Giovanni; Apollo Theater multiple award winner Jessica Care Moore; Affrilachian Poets Crystal Good and Norman Jordan; 98.7 the Beat DJ Leeshia Lee; Dr. Gail Mosby, Chair and Professor of Sociology at WVSU; and other local hip hop artists and commentators. The public is invited to this portion of the camp, which will take place in Room 122 of Wallace Hall.
The 4-H Hip Hop Camp is a program of WVSU Extension Service’s 4-H Youth Development Arts and Leadership Academy and has been held annually since 2004, formerly under the Hip Hop Boot Camp title.
– Crystal Good
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And I have to miss it because I’ll be out of town. The event has been well publicized so I hope the turnout will be excellent. I’ll have to be content with reading about it later.