"Why hip-hop? Hip-hop is it right now! I don’t know if you realize, everything out there, whether it be video, audio, print media, ads in magazines – the dancing; hip-hop is the craze right now. Why not use that as a way to engage these kids positively, because we know they love it."

"I can go into a classroom and ask the teacher to leave and watch everybody just let their hair down and relax and talk about things in front of me."