Do You Have A Science Rap Verse Worthy Of GZA? Or At Least PBS?

While East Coast and West Coast rappers (in)famously had beef back in the 90s, East Coast and West Coast science rappers have nothing but love.

@p_phronesis Real recognize real. Shoutout to the homie @tomcfad. Still cooking up the collabo project

— Christopher Emdin (@chrisemdin) March 26, 2013

Chris Emdin, you may recall, is the education professor at Teacher’s College at Columbia working with GZA on Science Genius, a rap education project formatted roughly similar to what Tom McFadden is working on in the Bay Area.

Science Genius, Emdin and GZA were featured in tonight’s edition of PBS Newshour.  GZA even drops a little taste of his upcoming science-influenced album.

If you want to try your hand at a science verse (16 bars, four beats per bar), there may be a prize in it for you.  Newshour is running a contest until May 3.  The prizes are a video shout-out from GZA, and a signed Science Genius mug.  You will need to follow the contest guidelines, which include uploading your science rap video to YouTube.  GZA and PBS want your A game.  Express one concept three different ways in 16 bars, with rhyme, metaphor, scientific accuracy and creativity.  Good luck.