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Author Archives: Luke O'Brien

Luke O’Brien teaches at Camelot Education’s Camelot KAPS in Philadelphia. He also performs as hip-hop artist Lukey the Bird.

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Luke O’Brien with his students at Camelot Kaps in Philadelphia.
Posted inElementary to High School

TEACHER VOICE: How hip-hop erased these young students’ unfair, bad rap

by Luke O'Brien January 29, 2018December 7, 2021

“They try to say I’m a bad kid. But I know that’s not the case now. …” Those are the words in the chorus of a rap music video that my students and I wrote together. As someone who found his voice and his refuge in music at a very young age, I know what […]

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