November, 2015 | Next Level

Next Level Director Mark Katz honored by the Hip-Hop Education Center

Nov 12, 2015Next LevelBlog

Last night, Next Level Director Mark Katz was honored by the Hip-Hop Education Center for his work with the University of North Carolina Beat Making Lab and its international work with hip-hop. “I met so many amazing people doing great work using music to make the world a better place,” he says. “It was a humbling

Exploring the Elements

At Next Level, our approach to education and social development is based on the same cultural principles that form the foundation of hip-hop itself. The main reason for this is simply that we respect hip-hop culture and the people who created it. But we also take this approach because it works: hip-hop has advocated sophisticated