The power of hip hop is something that has spanned over many decades and is not narrowed down to one race, sex, geographical location or social class. In this story Marcus, a college student is deep in the middle of creating his final for his History of Hip Hop class but the harder he works the more frustrated he gets because he knows that this era of music is so big and he wants to do it justice. Enters his friend Drake that sees his frustration and begins to take him on a rollercoaster of hip hop highlights in dance that he could possibly use within his piece, or he’s just having fun. But together the two young men realize that hip hop is more than just dancing, more than just making words rhyme and creating a beat. It is an experience that everyone should be able to respect and connect to because at its essence it is music that tells a story that every man and woman should be able to listen to and understand. As the scene progresses Marcus realizes he is enough and has always been enough to tell this story. As he creates his final for this class he cuts out all of the lies that weren’t his story to tell and gives us who he is, what he has experienced and what he knows. He tells his hip hop story. (*With the authors permission this piece may be performed by any performer: male/ male, male/ female or female/ female it is a piece about the music and is not gender or race specific.)
