As the school year wraps up, one local woman is aiming to be a positive role model by being a positive rapper.
Elizabeth Elie, a hip hop artist known as Lizzie G, was a Chicago Public Schools student herself, who now works as an independent teaching artist and mentor for CPS students. Earlier this month, she helped lead an after school program at Ariel Community Academy in Kenwood for a family movie night and an anti-bullying lesson.
"Our lyrics doesn't need profanity. Students can get motivated and inspired through clean hip hop," said Elie, a master of music with a message."We come in, we talk about the importance of staying united, not bullying one another, not coming here to tease or judge one another; because when we come to school, it should be a safe environment where we come to express ourselves, give our all, and the end goal is to graduate, of course.
"I started rapping, poetry, doing music production, and I came out with my very first album as a senior at Curie High School at the age of 16," she said. "It's inspirational, it's fun, it's energetic, and the kids are sticking with it, because my lyrics say, 'if you see something, say something.' So they're standing up, and they're using their voice to speak up," she said.
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