View Related Episode: Pamela Trow-Johnson, Noah Mickens, NW Academy

Kids appreciate the arts just like their parents, though usually not the same art. At the prompting of students, Portland's Northwest Academy is teaching innovative after-school classes on the culture, language, music and dance of hiphop. They also recruited local rapper Mic Crenshaw to teach a class.

First Broadcast: 2004
Producer: Mike Midlo

Appeared in episode: Pamela Trow-Johnson, Noah Mickens, NW Academy


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