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"tha Hip-Hop Doc" Rani Whitfield, "DJ Eagle Eye" Boatner, & friends
Rani Whitfield, M.D., has found a way to combine his two passions, music and medicine, to help address troubling health disparities among African-Americans. When he's not seeing patients, he's in the sound studio, creating hip-hop songs about medical conditions like obesity, heart disease and stroke in an attempt to educate the black community.
"I was hoping I could get involved and have some positive influence," says the physician, who is also a national spokesman for the American Stroke Association. By speaking in a language young people can relate to, he's getting them to pay attention.
"We've got to exercise; we've got a silent killer. We've got to open our eyes. We've got to eat right and keep our bodies tight," he rhymes in one of his more popular songs, "Walk the Walk," in which he joins up with a schoolteacher and popular hip-hop artist from New Orleans, Louisiana: David Augustine, also known as Dee-1.
Listen to this great song. Hear Dr. Whitfield bring it to kids.
It's not just African-Americans he's speaking to. "It's white, black, Hispanic, Asian," he said. "I'm speaking to many groups with the urban concept, the urban message."
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