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UNEA-6, Nairobi, Kenya

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Client: United Nations Environment Programme
February 29, 2024
Artists:Dex McBean,Baba Brinkman

Description

The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) took place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, with global leaders convening for high-level talks about multilateral, multi-national treaty policy relating to plastics, pollution, climate change, wildlife conservation, and sustainability, and UNEP hired Event Rap as the featured conference entertainment.

During the four-day event, Event Rap provided an original custom rap song called “Get with the Programme” co-written by Dex McBean and Frida Amani, which premiered for 1,300 delegates in the main assembly hall to kick off the first day, and artists Baba Brinkman and Dex McBean also performed several pop-up freestyle sets and ‘rap up’ recaps of high-level dialogue sessions over the course of several days, rapping for government ministers, national delegates, and the heads of major UN organizations such as UNDP and the IPCC.

“Get with the Programme” now has over 219K views on the UNEP YouTube channel as the official conference recap video, and the premiere performance of this brand new song represents the first-ever custom rap content presented live at the UN, along with a full made-on-site music video featuring conference attendees.

TESTIMONIALS

I think this [rap] had a big impact, maybe even more than the science that we started with, so there you go.
Jim Skea

Jim Skea

Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Well done Baba Brinkman, great to see you in action again!
Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor

Director, periphery.co.za

Loving the creative energy you're bringing to these crucial conversations- rapping up climate finance and sustainability topics is genius.
Bruce Eckfeldt

Bruce Eckfeldt

Strategic Coach and Retreat Facilitator, Eckfeldt & Associates

Talent & climate action into play. The collaboration and compilation of the rap on matters to do with climate action was top notch.
Charles Waititu

Charles Waititu

Quality Assurance Associate, SALIX DATA

Some really great art is part of what helps the message, and you were just on the mark.
Inger Andersen

Inger Andersen

Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme

The rap at the end was brilliant. That has really attracted attention and taken my heart as well.
Saif Ahmad

Saif Ahmad

Chairman and Founder, McAndrew Leadership

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