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Rhyme
Against Crime
Come see the winners of the 2008
Rhyme Against Crime Contest perform at the Feast
of Lanterns on August 23
www.indyfeast.org
Rhyme Against Crime (RAC) is an annual
rap contest for young people in Marion County.
The contest’s mission to help make our
neighborhoods safe from gun and gang violence by
sending an important message to young people in
a music medium they enjoy. The youth who enter
the contest have the opportunity to express
themselves in a positive manner and submit
recorded entries of their work. Those who enter
must create an original rap song containing an
anti-gun, anti-gang crime message. This message
must be clearly stated in the lyrics/rhymes of
the original piece and should incorporate the
words, “gun crime hits home,” “hard time for gun
crimes,” or a similar message. Music or
backbeats are not required for entry into this
contest.
This contest creates an opportunity for young
people to engage in positive creative expression
while also being active participants in the
fight against gun and gang crime in their
neighborhoods.
A panel of local judges reviews all the entries
and chooses ten finalists. The top ten are
invited to record their songs in a professional
studio with the grand prizewinner also winning a
music video.
To celebrate the competition and showcase the
winners, Indiana Project Neighborhoods hosts an
event where the finalists perform, a CD is
released to the public and the Grand Prize
Winner is named.
The contest takes place during the first have of
every year.
The 2008 RAC Steering Committee:
Jerry Shepherd, Coordinator, Indiana Project
Safe Neighborhoods
Maxine Bryant, Coordinator, Indiana Project Safe
Neighborhoods
Tasha Jones, IPS teacher
Christina L. Snorten, Youth Development
Director, Pathways Learning Center
Donavan Stevens, Youth Director, Forest Manor
Multi-Service Center
Darren Morgan, Martin Luther King Service
Center, Hip-Hop Congress
Ike Boyd, Martin Luther King Service Center,
Hip-Hop Congress
Regina Marsh, Executive Director, Forest Manor
Multi-Service Center
Tim Nation, Executive Director, Peace Learning
Center
Aaron Williams, Youth Director, Christamore
House
Jan Vermillion, The Vermillion Group
Categories:
RAC 2008 will have two age categories and two
winners
6th – 8th grade
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9th – 12th grade
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Entries may be submitted on cassette tape or CD
and dropped off at selected community centers.
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