Rhyme Like A Girl
RLAG was selected out of hundreds of applications for American Music Abroad’s 2023 Tour Season!!!
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Rhyme Like a Girl (RLAG) is a collective of women MCs whose commitment to artistry, community, and global travel grew out of Toni Blackman’s vision to transform Hip Hop and use it to make our world a better place. RLAG is an extension of the Freestyle Union, her Echoing Green Fellowship project, and puts the spotlight on the voices of women and girls. A fellowship with Open Society Institute (OSI) enabled her to develop the concept which has gone through many iterations from being an afterschool program that partnered with Girls Inc to now a collective of women MCs who also happen to be amazing teaching artists who can rock most any crowd.
FREESTYLE UNION ROOTS
Created by Toni in the 90s, the Freestyle Union Cypher Workshop served as a training ground for dope MC in the Washington, DC area. Freestyle Union involved into a talented collective of performers as Toni carved out a permanent space in DC Hip Hop history. RLAG continues that tradition. Many of RLAG MCs are highly skilled in both writing and improvisation.