The Cipher, the Circle & its Wisdom: Toni Blackman at TEDxUMassAmherst

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Award-winning artist, Toni Blackman, selected by U.S. Department of State as the first ever hip-hop ambassador to the United States. In this position, she has served in Senegal, Ghana, Botswana, and Swaziland to host performances, workshops, and lectures on hip-hop music and culture. She is also the founder and director of Freestyle Union, a cipher workshop that uses free styling as a tool to encourage social responsibility. She also is as a member of the Spoken Word Committee of the Grammy's decision board, New York Chapter.