It's 11 p.m. on a Friday night and the party is just winding up in the Tufts radio station. The lights dim and DJ Afroman, with hair to match his on-air alias, leans into the mic to call out: "Yo yo yo! Let's get it poppin'!"
Cue the beat, being spun on the mixers by a couple of students. With music pounding in their headphones, rappers spit lyrics at each other with incredible speed. In the packed station, more than 15 spectators provide a cadence of "oh's" and bopping heads to complement verses ranging from city life to Larry Bacow. The next hour in the uppermost floor of Curtis Hall is dedicated to live rap battles and hip-hop beats, courtesy of WMFO's "Freestyle Cyphers" show.
To read the full WMFO DJ profile, visit The Daily's Arts blog, "The Scene," at TuftsDaily.com.
