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Next college yr, Lupe Fiasco is gearing as much as educate a “subtle” rap class on the Massachusetts Institute of Know-how (MIT).
The Grammy award-winning rapper has been chosen to participate in MIT’s MLK Visiting Professor Program, which acknowledges the contributions of excellent students. This system additionally honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by striving to extend the presence of minority students at MIT.
Along with Lupe, Moriba Okay. Jah, the Affiliate Professor of Aerospace Engineering on the College of Texas, and documentary filmmaker Louis Massiah can even educate in this system.
Lupe tweets and deletes extra details about the course
Lupe gushed concerning the upcoming class on Twitter, telling followers that he had been holding again the information “for some time.”
“I’ll put collectively one thing extra subtle later that actually captures the nuance and gravity however for now I’ll simply say it straight and uncooked: I’m going to show Rap at @MIT,” Lupe tweeted.
In a since-deleted submit, the “Kick, Push” hitmaker teased extra concerning the class, in accordance with Revolt TV.
“Syllabus isn’t constructed but however I’m pondering its fruit available in neuromorphic computation by means of the lens of Rap as a lossless knowledge compression mannequin with a touch of vitality effectivity by way of refining Landauer’s precept utilized to cytoarchitectonics. And a few rapping,” he wrote.
Lupe Fiasco has taught at MIT earlier than
This isn’t the primary time the rapper and neighborhood activist has labored with MIT. In 2021, Lupe participated within the college’s CAST residency, the place he spoke to college students about his neighborhood activism work.
Based on his bio, the Chicagoan is the co-founder, and co-owner of the We Are M.U.R.A.L (Magnifying City Realities & Affecting Lives). The group supplies meals and educational applications to inner-city youth. He additionally manages the Society of Spoken Artwork, which unites aspiring lyricists with established artists. Moreover, the rap star led a coding competitors on campus final yr for college kids.
Lupe now joins a protracted checklist of hip-hop stars who’ve taught lessons at some prestigious universities throughout America. In 2020, T.I. taught the “Enterprise of Lure Music” course at Clark Atlanta University. Again in February, Saweetie returned to her alma mater USC to talk to college students concerning the energy of entrepreneurship. The “Icy Chain” rapper can even serve as a visitor speaker for USC’s four-week program for highschool college students someday this summer time.
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