Thursday February 4, 2009
Social Experiment presents THE REMIX PROJECT REUNION

The Remix Project is an incredible force in the Toronto hip-hop scene that has nurtured its city’s rawest talent into rising stars and influential entrepreneurs.

The Remix Project is an arts, cultural and life skills incubator serving young people across the GTA but located right in the heart of Toronto. Remix works to help some of the most gifted but vulnerable young people in the city to realize their own creative and business-minded potential while working to strengthen Toronto, Canada’s burgeoning creative industry.

Remix first opened its doors in September 2006 at 110 Sudbury St., backed by municipal funding and grants from the private sector. They paired the music industry’s luminaries with kids with the drive and talent but without the adequate resources to make it happen. After a six month semester consisting of workshops and intensive one on one training, the graduates are comparable to tempered steel from a blacksmith, ready for the world.

The program has received worldwide accolades and has branched out into countries where similar stories are played out: the disenchanted youth vy to make something of themselves with their unbridled love for hip-hop. Remix is there to bridge the gap.

Remix Project endured a setback when its funding from the government had ceased. After a rigorous grassroots fundraising campaign, and a re-placement of the headquarters into the heart of the downtown Toronto, The Remix Project is ready to nurture a new generation of kids into personal acheivement.

But before we can shape our future, it is imperative we re-visit our past.

Do joins us this Thursday as past graduates of the Remix Project come together for a much needed reunion. A layman who spends some time amongst its participants will be quick to learn a couple gems:

1) As with any school, its students quickly form very long lasting friendships.

2) From its core staff to the end product, everything about The Remix Project should serve as a template of how this hip-hop ish should be done from here on out.

FEATURING RECENT GRADUATES OF THE REMIX PROJECT

DJ B-Easy
DJ Omada
and resident DJ Mensa

hosted by

RICH KIDD (Ridgeway Inc.)
& PG

The Details

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
with DJ Mensa
playing urban classics, old and new
open minded & bass heavy

EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT
@ Octopus Lounge
293 Palmerston Ave
19+/No Cover/No Dress Code/Be Easy

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