Unlike many new rappers his age, Kap opted to keep most of his music to himself instead of flooding the streets fresh out of the studio. With nothing more than a Rock Band video game microphone, Kap wound up recording music and taking his makeshift songs to school for his friends to hear them. As fate would decree, one of his friends started making beats on his computer, encouraging Kap to rap on them. For him, this was 2Pac, Jay-Z and Kanye West.Īround this time in school, Kap noticed he excelled when it came to rhyming. Like most younger siblings, Kap took a liking to whatever his older brothers listened to. Most of friends identified more with the then-underground star T.I. In fact, the only time he didn’t find himself fitting in with his childhood peers was when it came to his musical tastes. “When people see that you are a special person, they just want to be around you,” he says, revealing that he always felt like he was a star as a child. The only difference was he did both better than most. In addition to spending time at the Boys and Girls Club, Kap played basketball and maintained his own personal style. Since he was a bit more “Americanized” than his older siblings, Kap G had no problem fitting in with his peers. That experience makes me who I am today.” There weren’t a lot of Mexicans in College Park, so I grew up around Blacks. “I was brought up in a Mexican household, but when I started school, I was out of my environment. “I don’t feel like I grew up like most Mexicans, I grew up in two cultures,” says Kap. After Kap’s older brother joined a gang at age six, the family realized the danger surrounding them, finding it necessary to relocate again, this time to Georgia in 1993. Looking for a piece of the “American Dream,” the couple left Mexico relocating to California to start and raise a family. His mother grew up as an orphan while his father lost his own father to violence during his teen years. The youngest of six siblings born and raised between Mexico and California, Kap G grew up as George Ramirez in the Atlanta suburb, College Park. Twenty year-old Kap G hopes to be the primary author of this story. Now that the art form is experiencing the greatest global exposure in its history, the door is wide open for a new story to be told and embraced. One overlooked struggle in music is that of the Mexican-American. In addition to participating in KAP’s core curriculum, members of concentrations meet with their cohort leaders regularly to learn from experts in their field, network with established professionals, and build connections within a specialized community of their concentration peers.Birthed from inner city struggle almost 35 years ago, Hip Hop has grown to become a major cultural force. We also offer unique concentrations for those select few social entrepreneurs who enter KAP with past experience and demonstrated interest in particular industries which have pressing talent needs. Throughout the program, we host summits designed to help each associate make meaningful progress on their project and connect with resources from across our philanthropic community. In addition to weekly opportunities to engage in experiential learning, each associate is mentored by a seasoned professional and works on a capstone project on what matters most to them. Principles of Progress: exploring the ideas, values, and principles that enable effective social entrepreneurs to break barriers, eliminate injustice, and develop solutions to the most pressing challenges facing our country.Principle Based Management™: learning and applying tools and frameworks to help you maximize your contribution to your organization’s success, whether entry-level employee, supervisor, or rising leader.Self-Actualization: understanding and developing your unique aptitudes and skills and becoming a lifelong learner.KAP focuses on the following pillars to help learners supercharge their careers:
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