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Part of the AARP Hip-Hop at Middle Age series
What’s central in your life now? What are you excited about that’s going on with you?
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I’m excited that I am a new grandmother! My oldest daughter had a baby. I love him. And, of course, “Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood”— I’m excited about that.
How has that been?
It’s been a journey because it’s like I have to drive into this new generation of television and entertainment. It’s been fun because I love entertaining.
And you have YoYo's School of Hip Hop. What are you teaching?
The School of Hip Hop started off as a Hip Hop summer program. We offer free programs all summer long. These kids want to know how to write rhymes and make beats because it is the new trend.
He told me the story of how many kids were dropping out of school and having literacy issues and with that in mind I went back to my professor, Dr. Yasin, who is the head of the English Department at Bergen Community College in New Jersey and spoke with him about helping me create a curriculum.
Dr. Jon Yasin was my professor at Bergen Community College when I went back to school to obtain my associate’s degree. We got together and created a curriculum. It became the YoYo School of Art and Academics Program. When the kids were in school, I would go in and teach them how to get A’s in English through hip-hop.
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