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Four pieces on Blake Robert Mankin, Mr B. A campus column, a visit to the Hoose, a Texas newsroom, and a conversation about building with AI.
Hays Free Press · October 14, 2026
Dripping Springs students record songs for a children's album
Brittany Kelley follows Dripping Springs ISD students into 512 Studio and Spitshine Studios in Austin, where they wrote and recorded on What Rhymes With Orange?. The songs had started with a producer in California. In September, Roll Call came back to their school as a writing exercise and a pep-rally performance. The piece also traces the path from Rap App to guest teaching, substitute teaching, and the picture book.
Belmont FEED · April 11, 2017
Being Mr. B
A visit to the Hoose in Nashville, with Tribal Hoose as the band and Mr. B's Rap App just finding classrooms. Beats, suggested rhymes, and a Scottsdale elementary room where vocabulary words turned into verses.
Belmont Vision · August 27, 2014
Chicken soup for the rapper's soul
Nick Yacovazzi's column from my Belmont years in Nashville. Touring with DMX, shows with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Ice Cream 4 Breakfast with Belmont president Bob Fisher, and the first plans for an app that could teach rap.
AIBiZ · June 21, 2026
Effort Is Your Responsibility
Forty-four minutes with Sana on building real tools with AI, including Shows for Artists, the booking desk for independent musicians.
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