Watch Course Summary Videos
Grandmother Hypothesis
Dizzy Senze tallies up the evolutionary (and social and emotional) benefits offered by the phenomenon of grandmothering, in a heartfelt rap video commissioned by CARTA UCSD.
Epics and Empires
Nathan Dufour sums up Dr. Ted Leinbaugh’s popular “Empire and Diplomacy” course at UNC Chapel Hill.
Created for the Transatlantic Forum for Education and Diplomacy.
Climate Hero
The win-win health co-benefits of climate mitigation upend the familiar ‘doom and gloom’ narrative that adheres to the topic, and upends the very definition of a climate hero.
The Language Instinct
Nathanology takes us on a whirlwind tour of the evolution of language-use in humans, in collaboration with CARTA UCSD.
Round of Applause
Dex McBean sums up the popular “Human Factors of Innovation” course taught by Professor Linus Dahlander at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin.
Survival Plan
Abdominal breaks down the science of climate health impacts, and the need to accurately gauge the projected risks to best formulate our collective “Survival Plan”.
Quantitative Genetics
Lex Rush delivers a rap introduction to the field of quantitative genetics, the study of how genes affect traits in organisms, including humans, relative to environmental inputs.
NUSBS Means Business
Dex McBean summarizes an entire semester of Dr. Arzi Adbi’s Business Strategy course at the National University of Singapore School of Business.
The World Since 1945
Lex Rush breaks down the major events and trends in world history since 1945, summarizing the popular course taught at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Let’s Talk Entrepreneurship
Dex McBean sums up the popular Entrepreneurship course taught by Professor Linus Dahlander at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin.

Course Summary
Nothing captures the essence of a challenging semester of study like a rap summary of the intellectual journey shared by every student.
Send us the syllabus, whether in the form of an abstract, reading list, set of videos, key themes, or article links, and Event Rap will create a custom rap synthesis that resonates with students, elevates your discipline, and provides a fun and fact-filled introduction to anyone curious to check it out.

Testimonials
If you haven’t had Baba come to your conference to do a rap recap, you’re missing out
"Holy moly, Baba, that was incredible. You freaking rocked it. Ours is a nascent industry, and your voice galvanized us together as a community. It was a perfect synthesis of our day.
"If you ever need a standing-ovation ending, Event Rap has got your back! 👏 🎶
"Baba’s Rap Up added energy and delight to our 2021 strategy kick-off, bringing a smile to everyone’s face as we concluded the day.
"Music, and especially rap, has such a direct way of communicating. Baba created this video for The Anxious Generation — to my surprise and amazement incorporating something from every chapter.
"Hey @BabaBrinkman, I am now watching you watch me. 🙂 So fun to get a shoutout in a science rap!
"An awesome performance and a great way to drive home the learning points and keep folks engaged.
"I was amazed by how Baba managed to condense a jargon-heavy day into a rap that was both insightful and entertaining. I had never seen anything like that before, really enjoyed it!
"I really need @BabaBrinkman to do a rap up of every conference. Thank you for rapping us into the apocalypse.
"No request has ever been too absurd or too complex for Nathan’s hyper-talented brain. His ability to develop customized songs is absolutely astonishing. Hire him now before he gets too famous for you.
"Genius! After the conference, I was consistently met with the same comment from co-organizers and participants alike: ‘Involving Nathan Oglesby was really the best decision you made!’
"Check out this on the fly HUMAN-written rap by Event Rap! This is an incredible talent and was the highlight of our session 🎉
"Great job! The care and enthusiasm reflects in the quality and engagement of the end product. Dex McBean gets an unambiguous A+.
"Baba Brinkman you are a genius of words! Thank you for helping us kick off 2022 in a funky way!
"Are you looking to bring that WOW factor to your next online event? Then you definitely want to bring in Event Rap
"This is such a fun way to get a message across! 10/10 ♻️
"What happens when Baba Brinkman raps up your conference? He creates a unique and shared experience that attendees will remember and refer to for years to come.
"If you’re looking to add something really AMAZING, UNIQUE, and HIGH-ENERGY, reach out to Baba Brinkman, can’t recommend him and his team enough.
"Stop what you’re doing, and check out this Amazing! “rap up” from Baba Brinkman and Event Rap.
"What a phenomenal course (w)rap up! Thanks, Socrates Rosenfeld and Baba Brinkman for your incredible visit!
"Purpose people – this purpose rap will blow your mind! A joyful and animating way to spend 7 minutes! Seriously. I mean, not seriously!
"Thank you for the terrific rap on machine consciousness and robot inner speech!
"This is amazing! What a way to wRAP up an event! 👏
"This is absolutely fantastic Baba Brinkman✨ . A FIRST for me and so COOL 😎.
"I can highly recommend Event Rap! Dex McBean did an amazing job putting it all together – I love it, and my mom even called to say how cool it was.
"Book Baba Brinkman! Full stop! There’s some magic here! He and the talent he brings to summarize the complexity of our conversations is outstanding!
"I see your work not only makes a lot of ideas stick, but it brings joy to the stage and helps people remember the FEELING of the event.
"You are really talented!!! Thank you for making the experience so much more meaningful and memorable! Keep up the great work!
"What an amazing experience for me to witness you and your team, Baba!
"You’re so awesome Baba. Love to see you thrillin’ and killin’ it and making people smile as always. ❤️
"Baba, all of you were incredible collaborators!!! Thank you for bringing this vision to life. We not only had fun, but boldly and unapologetically stood on the right side of history and made some amazing friends along the way!
"I love the way you really kill the floor as you said Baba Brinkman vroom vroom 🏎️ 🏎️ 🏎️ such an honor to be part of your script
"You are brilliant!! So incredible! We loved it! Epic ending and wRAP up to an amazing conference. Cannot thank you enough for sharing your talent and time with us!
"Wow! I’ve never been wrapped in a rap song before. I thought they forgot me when I walked out the door. So many thanks to Mister Baba, and equal praise to ILEA. You gave us such a stage, never rage, for any age, it was a panacea!
"As a university professor I can honestly say that is the first time that someone has every rapped about my educational session! Now I feel like that should be the standard at every conference! : )
"It was such a cool thing to see in person – he was so talented!
"You made sense of our more complex subjects including budgets and contracts! In 2 minutes or less!
"Event Rap was such a novel and cool way of rapping up an education session. Thanks for sharing!
"Powerful storytelling catalyzing transformative connections and amplifying diverse voices.
"You are really talented!!! Thank you for making the experience so much more meaningful and memorable! Keep up the great work!
"Never seen this before. Well done! Very impressive.
"It was such a better vibe, good vibes that we need, lifted everyone up in the room. Everybody should hire them.
"Saw it live, amazing talent you have to put this together in real time!
"Great to meet you in Vancouver, Baba! You did a terrific job with your rap of the panel.
"Awesome, catchy and enlightened rap. Baba Brinkman is a master at this
"Kudos for another great rap / video! Always amazed by your creativity and precision to address big societal issues smartly!
"Very cool Baba, giving emotion to the vision. Keep up the work. There is a long challenging road ahead.
"Bad Ass…. Interesting and engaging…..pro grade….and smart… thanks…
"I had the free will to choose which way to like this and I chose to celebrate it 😉
"This is awesome talent Baba. Rarely do I watch more than 20 seconds of a video on LinkedIn. I watched the full 5mins and 18 seconds. Fantastic job.
"This was ALL-TIME! Appreciate your energy, enthusiasm, and absolute dedication to your craft Baba Brinkman !!
"This rap is rich in vibe and I really enjoyed the content too. It’s difficult when selling your rift to appeal to a broader audience and yet stay on point.
"Baba Brinkman, thanks for inspiring, and for channeling the inspiration of LatAm’s hashtag
"LOVE this! Creativity in the EMBA candidates at Haas is unreal.
"Baba Brinkman hyped me up for the entire day (week) with this performance!
"thanks for the positive energy and wise words. It’s a privilege trying to make a difference with people dedicated
"At Agendi we work on a lot of cool projects but this was the coolest of 2022!
"Thank you! It was so exciting to experience the debut live at our Agendi Climate Week celebration.
"Baba, thank you for several excellent performances. You brought it big time to this conference!
"This was so 🔥 and such a lovely recap of our week/cases covered. I loved seeing Rei’s reactions the most! Thank you Baba – very impressive you put this together in such a short amount of time!
"Exhilarating stuff! Feel like going back to school and attending your class with Baba in action!
"This is absolutely fantastic Baba Brinkman✨ . A FIRST for me and so COOL 😎. THANKS for mentioning The Sustainable Procurement Pledge
"Yo Baba Brinkman! You captured the essence of the Institute for Real Growth! Look forward to inviting you at the first opportunity!
"Thank you for the amazing experience Baba Brinkman! Hope to see you in future classes at Harvard or elsewhere.
"Clever and creative! As usual, I learned something from your rap. Looks like it was well received. Congrats!
"So fun and different. Bravo, Baba Brinkman & your talented team! 👏🏻
"Apart from their amazing talent, it was such a fun way to sum up the session and leave us all smiling, great stuff!
"Love it! While currently plenty of people are sitting in front of their screens a majority of their time and sometimes even from sunrise until sunset, I admire everyone who thinks up creative ways to bring some joy and a change of scenery into those video calls.
"Wow. the future of online events is looking ah-may-zing. Never under-estimate the power of fun!
"I’ve listened to this about 3x already and it never fails to tickle me. Baba Brinkman is soooo talented — the vibe was so on point. So energizing! Wish we could start every virtual event gathering like this.
"Sounds like a ton of fun – and the customization to the event content – wow!
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What fun! Love this off the beaten path Virtual event idea.
"You always share such great resources! I loved your posts on psychological safety and now I want to check out event rap!
"Definitely looks like a memorable experience for the attendees.
"I love this! What a FUN way to bring a different experience to increase engagement!
"So cool – and SO far outside my comfort zone! love this.
"This is amazing! Huge smile on my face right now and I wasn’t even in this session!
"That’s an innovative way of an event summary including the small hiccups that make an event memorable. Awesome and entertaining rap
"Wow… so cool ! I just ❤️❤️❤️ it. Format is brilliant and so well executed. Message is so inspiring. Bravo!
"Really amazing! Great performance also thanks to interesting content!
"Never had my name in a rap song before haha! Thanks Baba Brinkman for making hashtag#sustainabilityhashtag#resiliencehashtag#innovation and hashtag#procurement even more fun!
"Icing on the cake. He did fantastic. Good choice and credit goes to you as well for bringing him in!
"Absolutely love it Baba Brinkman! Amazing what you can do when people can hear your voice
"In love with this!! ‘If I can be honest’ Keep up the amazing work
"A creative way for ISACA to attract talent and promote the certs. Simply Superb!
"Event Rap really hit it out of the park! We all have this song stuck in our heads now!
"Very catchy and of the moment. Nice work ISACA, Mega Ran and Event Rap.
"Super cool!!! I cannot even make up my mind which is my favorite lyric 🤩
"This was for sure the most fun I’ve had at an Ohio State event in a long time. Rich learning, great people, and evocative/hilarious rhyme from Event Rap.
"The most amazing and innovative wrap up I have never seen before !! A “rap up” actually !
"My new favourite retrofit rap.
"Sometimes it’s refreshing to change the tone of the climate change narrative. Hats off to you Baba Brinkman! Made me smile
"So many things come to mind to comment on about this…. But mainly… It’s notable, it’s memorable… And it’s effective!
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