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Larry "LAK" Henderson, The Hiphop Educator, is the
Chicago's WVON, Tampa's 88.55 FM, Minneapolis's
founder and CEO of Smart Music Entertainment, and the 89.9 FM, North Carolina's 101.9 FM, New York's 103.9
creator of a new sound of educational Hiphop music that FM, LA Talk Radio, Princeton University's 103.3 FM,
uniquely inspires people of all ages. His album, Lesson
Rutgers University's 88.7 FM, and on the nationallyOne: Hip-Hop & Education, has hit Amazon bestseller
syndicated show, "In Black America," to name a few.
lists (#1 in Hot New Releases and #8 in Educational
Lak continues to travel the country inspiring audiences
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of all types with his brand of educational Hiphop music,
around the world, due to his combination of deep insights and he's also constantly creating new sounds. Some of
and authentic Hiphop sound.
his new songs includes a single with Talib Kweli called
Lak travels the country sharing his educational Hiphop soul "Run America," and a piece that captures the
music, offering "lessons" on topics that are rarely
revolutionary spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. called "In
discussed, including current events, history, empowerment, the Name of MLK."
political science, money management, and more. CBS calls
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Lesson One "creative, innovative, and informative."
Dominion of New York Magazine says, "Most people who
use Hiphop to educate do so badly. Lak does it so
well."
Lak is a youth activist, social critic, history and religion
intellectual, and
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an innovative education advocate. He is a Hiphop
ambassador, and a noted speaker on the impact of the
Hiphop culture. He holds degrees in Africana Studies,
Communications, and Labor Studies from Rutgers
University, and studied studio engineering at the Institute
for Audio Research.
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Lak has been featured at a host of youth and college
events, Hiphop conferences, festivals, and on major radio
and television programs, including London, UK's BANG
103.6 FM, CBS, BET, Houston's 97.9 FM,
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