Langdon Elementary School (DCPS) kicked off Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action in DC with a Teach the Beat lesson from international Go-Go artist, William “Ju Ju” House on February 4, 2019. Thirty 5th graders took turns jamming on Ju Ju’s rototom drum set, a hands-on experience that taught them all about the pocket, Chuck Brown, and Go-Go’s wider influence. Ju Ju explained:
“This is your home music. New York made hip hop, Atlanta has down-south trap. D.C. has Go-Go. Go-Go is important because it was created here by the Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown, and it is something that you own no matter where in the world you go!”