Re:Form School

Re:Form School is a campaign that calls awareness for the reform of the American Public Education System. As part of the non-profit organization World Up, Lupe Fiasco participated in REDU's Re:Form School pop-up art exhibition on October 9, 2010, in Lower Manhattan. He performed at the Living Remix workshop with DJ SpazeCraft, a live recording session where children could collaborate and create music from scratch. SpazeCraft helped with the beat while Fiasco helped with the lyrics. The session was only supposed to be three hours, but turned into five."Video: Lupe Fiasco – Living Remix (Re:Form School Workshop)". The Find. October 15, 2010.Mitchell, Ian (March 2, 2011). "World Up and Reform School". World Up.Ellois, Valerie (October 11, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Lupe Fiasco talks Atlantic Records agreement". World Up.
== Background ==
In an exclusive interview with World Up, Fiasco said, "The Living Remix involves taking everything in its simplest format and letting [the kids] do it. So, they put their life into in every aspect of the track or song: the way they want to record it, the style they want to record it in, even the voice they want to record it in, and the sound effects they want to use. Then, to give that [track] to the world so it's constantly growing, so it's not just "stop and that's it and that's all we're going to do." It like "nah, let's send it to Brazil, let these dues put their take on it, then send it to India, let these dues put their take on it, now send it back and let us take what they said, and we're going change this little bit, and send it back to Brazil." So it's never a finished product, it's always a work in process, like human life is always a work in process."
He continued, when asked how the experience fueled him as an artist: "To see kids doing something that they love, as you can tell, they were home doing this, this ain't their first time coming into a place and rapping, or putting a beat together, or singing, or writing hooks or choruses. To see them do something that I do professionally, I was in their shoes at one point. To see them at the level that they were at, I'm instantly just like this dude is nicer than me right now, she's better than me, I don't even know how to write hooks, she got all that all day long. It's just inspiring to see that the generation that's coming to take my place is dope."
When asked if he wanted to teach, Fiasco responded to MTV News, "I ain't no teacher. I'm good at certain things that I do but, you know, teaching is a very hard job. [...] You gotta have the curriculum and make sure that kids [will be] able to comprehend and make sure you even can fully explain actually what you're trying to teach to somebody at the same time too. I don't have any of those qualities or any of those responsibilities so [these] hour, couple-hour sessions showing kids how to rap is all that got."Ziegbe, Mawuse (October 9, 2010). "Lupe Fiasco Teaches Teens to Rap at NYC Event". MTV.
== Date ==
Date 	Date	Time 	City 	Venue
October 9, 2010	Sat 	10:00 – 6:00	New York City	St. Patrick's Cathedral Catholic School
== References ==
Category:2010 events
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