The Gavin Go Gettas are more than just the future of hip hop. They are taking it back to its roots. They are using their creatvity and intellegence as vehicles to explain what is real in their world, through their eyes. Though they hail from all parts of Boston, they originally met as eight talented middle-schoolers at the Patrick F. Gavin Middle School in South Boston, MA. They came together through Citizen Schools, a national after school program based in Boston, and Smooth Records, the record label of their Citizen Teacher and one of Beantown's sharpest MC's J-Smooth.
While they spent their afternoons after school at Citizen Schools during the spring of 2007, the members of the Go Gettas participated in a social entrepreneurship apprenticeship as part of The Boston Youth Hip Hop Shop. The class was entitled Music Biz 101, and it was taught by J-Smooth.
Through the 11 weeks of apprenticeship classes the Music Biz apprentices mastered the various roles and responsibilties of a small independant record label, which included everything from music production and engineering, songwriting, delivery and performance, photography, graphic design, maketing and promotion. What came out of this very first experience in running a small business was their self-titled, debut LP, featuring their friend and mentor J-Smooth.
In three short months, the Gavin Go Gettas have gone from intelligent and hard-working middle-schoolers to limelighters with an experienced, creative business mindset.
The sky is truly the limit for these young music moguls, so keep your head up and eyes open for these Triple Gs in the Bean and beyond.
If you want anymore information on how to donate time or resources to educating kids, or if you want to contact the Go Gettas or the Boston Youth Hip Hop Shop for further information, please contact Chris Conroy of Citizen Schools at [email protected] or by calling 617.695.2300 x324. Stand up Boston!
