{"667650":{"#nid":"667650","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Working to Build a More Positive World Through Rap and Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn any given night, you might find Tyree Edwards in his closet, sleeping bag over the door to help with sound isolation, recording a new track. It will almost certainly be in the wee hours of the morning, when creativity peaks for the graduating Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ecivil engineering\u003C\/a\u003E student.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEdwards creates the beats, writes and raps the lyrics, and mixes and masters the finished tracks. Then his \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thelfe.com\/\u0022\u003Evideo production business\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 a partnership with his brother and best friend \u2014\u0026nbsp;creates the music videos.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tyreeedwards\/\u0022\u003EHe calls his music \u201cCaribsoul\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 a mix of hip-hop drums with Caribbean- and reggae-inspired rhythmic elements and a splash of melodies similar to R\u0026amp;B and soul. And it\u2019s all focused on messages of positivity and love.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/working-build-more-positive-world-through-rap-and-engineering\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead Tyree\u0027s story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETyree Edwards sees power in using his music and his civil engineering skills to make an impact on people\u2019s lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tyree Edwards sees power in using his music and his civil engineering skills to make an impact on people\u2019s lives."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-05-04 16:12:09","changed_gmt":"2023-05-04 16:14:59","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670748":{"id":"670748","type":"image","title":"Tyree Edwards Class of 2023","body":null,"created":"1683216738","gmt_created":"2023-05-04 16:12:18","changed":"1683216738","gmt_changed":"2023-05-04 16:12:18","alt":"Tyree Edwards in cap and gown with the \u0022Three Pioneers\u0022 in Harrison Square and a \u0022Helluva Engineer - Class of 2023\u0022 graphical overlay","file":{"fid":"253668","name":"Tyree-Edwards-thumb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/04\/Tyree-Edwards-thumb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/04\/Tyree-Edwards-thumb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":833737,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/05\/04\/Tyree-Edwards-thumb.jpg?itok=q3ptGWjM"}}},"media_ids":["670748"],"groups":[{"id":"551651","name":"Center for Engineering Education and Diversity (CEED)"},{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1897","name":"Civil Engineering"},{"id":"4776","name":"civil and environmental engineering"},{"id":"167864","name":"School of Civil and Environmental Engineering"},{"id":"168802","name":"CEED"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}