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Soul Food Cypher | 2018

Soul Food Cypher will utilize the craft of freestyle lyricism to connect individuals to each other and the legacy of the Historic Old Fourth Ward Skate Park. Long before the Beltline broke ground, this area had been a place where aerosol artists and skaters sharpened their skills - they named it the ‘The Foundation.’ It was a place where rich and poor, black and white came together for the love of their crafts. Our performance will celebrate it as an epicentre of creativity and unification. With two one-hour performances, we will present this rich history by utilizing some of our most popular segments from our cypher events, ‘WordPlay’ and ‘1x1’s.’ During WordPlay (photos 1 & 2), our emcees (freestyle rap artists) and members of the audience will freestyle based on images and words they see on screen. We will customize our WordPlay deck to feature themes and words about the history of 04W Skate Park. We will later open it up for the crowd to submit words. For our 1x1’s segment (photo 3), we will allow members from the crowd to join our emcees for a conversation in rhyme. Each participant will take turns to complete a verse together. Audience members have the option of interacting in three ways: providing words to the wordplay deck, call and response, and performing.In conclusion, the goals of this performance are that each attendee leaves culturally and cerebrally engaged, has positive interactions, and learns how the Beltline celebrates and preserves a tradition

About the Artist

Soul Food Cypher

Alexander Acosta - Community Leader, Arts Advocate, and Executive Director of Soul Food Cypher Wahid Khoshravani - Co-Founder and Operations Director of Soul Food Cypher Mark Montgomery "Markmont" - Creative Director of Soul Food Cypher Eric Ludgood - Membership Director of Soul Food Cypher

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