Well, this is great. Rapper the GZA recently dropped by a Bronx classroom to surprise high school students with an unexpected science lesson. (Or so the video tells us.) And better yet: It's nowhere near as corny as you'd expect.
"Blacks and Latinos make up a very small percentage of scientists in the world," says GZA. "Hip-hop is the voice of the youth. I haven't met any kid who doesn't like hip-hop. But I have met many that don't like science."
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