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What’s in a Name? Konshens the MC Talks Music, Education and the Powerful Consciousness That Drives Him

July 22, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities | School of Music

 Members of Classically Dope with their instruments.

UMD music students collaborate with Konshens the MC to form Classically Dope.

By Briona Butler

This summer, Konshens the MC is showing a reach as expansive as his name suggests. In addition to his work as a musician and lyricist, the 37-year-old District native is an activist, an educator and a youth advocate who’s mentoring 50 District teens — all during a historic pandemic and sweeping national protests against punitive legal systems and racist police brutality.

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Photo courtesy of Classically Dope.