Harvard College Rap Collective

Think Harvard students can't get down?

Think again.

A driven group of the class of 2016 brought swag to campus when they started the Harvard College Rap Collective, which was officially approved by the OSL on April 1, according to the group's Facebook page.

The group was started by Martin C. Carlino '16, who also serves as its current president. Since its formation, the Collective has dropped one single called "Party on Mass Ave." The single currently has over 600 views on YouTube and has gotten positive feedback from students on Facebook. The catchy beat (originally from Mac Miller's "Party on 5th Ave") features Rashad Hossain '16 and Will N. Corbett '16, who spit rhymes about the square and Harvard life: "Meet me at the Owl we got coats to lose / get that DAPA grant spend it on booze."

The group has been in the works since near the beginning of the academic year. The Collective's founding members said they shared a desire to share their love for rap with their peers.

"We needed to make it happen," said Rashad Hossain '16. "It's our hobby and it's very important to us. We're just a bunch of kids who love to spit rhymes, and it's a shame that Harvard didn't already have an official rap group. Just like singers and their a cappella groups, we're rappers in a hip hop collective."

Stay tuned for more to come from the Harvard College Rap Collective—they plan on launching a full EP in the near future.