<description>&lt;p&gt;What happens when five musicians who have never met before and haven’t performed in person since the start of the pandemic get together in Abu Dhabi? Music, magic, and lifelong connections through “hip-hop culture.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the first part of this hip-hop diplomacy story, the ExchangeAlumni team of Next Level artist-educators and Next Level Director Julian Brickhouse chop it up on music and mutual interests, and the breakthroughs they made in the United Arab Emirates.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For more &lt;em&gt;Voices of Exchange&lt;/em&gt;, visit alumni.state.gov/voicesofexchange. Subscribe at bit.ly/SubscribenowVoE.&lt;/p&gt;
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What happens when five musicians who have never met before and haven’t performed in person since the start of the pandemic get together in Abu Dhabi? Music, magic, and lifelong connections through “hip-hop culture.”In the first part of this hip-hop diplomacy story, the ExchangeAlumni team of Next Level artist-educators and Next Level Director Julian Brickhouse chop it up on music and mutual interests, and the breakthroughs they made in the United Arab Emirates.For more Voices of Exchange, visit alumni.state.gov/voicesofexchange. Subscribe at bit.ly/SubscribenowVoE.

Voices of Exchange

Music and Mutual Interests - Hip-Hop Diplomacy, Part 1

Music and Mutual Interests - Hip-Hop Diplomacy, Part 1

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