About This Event
Rap Concert And Conversation For All Ages By Microsoft Engineer takes place Thursday, October 22 at 6:00 PM at 1451 Lemon Ave in Long Beach, California. The free, all-ages program is part of Peyt Spencer’s From The Ground Up tour across North America and includes a rap concert alongside a conversation about his path of growth and principles for a well-rounded life.
Peyt Spencer, whose name rhymes with “heat,” is a rapper and software engineer from Bellevue, Washington. His musical background includes 2000s hip-hop artists such as Ja Rule, LL Cool J, Ludacris, and T.I. Much of his songwriting is inspired by the Baha’i Faith. After high school, he completed a year of service in Veraguas, Panama, where he taught virtues to children, supported peer-led groups for early adolescents, facilitated study circles for youth and adults, and tutored reading and math. During that period, he recorded raps on his laptop over mainstream beats and performed his first rap in Spanish at a community gathering.
After attending the University of Florida, Spencer performed in Gainesville as a solo artist, with a live band, and with UF’s Hip-Hop Collective and the theater troupe Signs of Life. He later moved to the West Coast to work at Microsoft, where he has spent the last decade as a software engineer. He also founded Lyrist, a tool intended to help songwriters find beats and address writer’s block.
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