Like Anderson, Walsh became involved in hip hop at a young age.
“I bought N.W.A.’s album [Straight Outta Compton] in, like, the fourth grade, and my parents made me return it,” Walsh said. “And so, the fact that I couldn’t listen to it made me very interested, so I just started getting into it from there.”
Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) treasurer Nenna N. Nwazota ’06 used spray paint to create a colorful ABHW sign.
She said the event was ideal because it brought together “people who really like hip hop and then people who are like, ‘Wow, I think hip hop is cool but I don’t really know...’ Because it’s more than just the music, it’s the whole attitude.”
At that moment, DJ Sci-Fi played “Back In the Day” by Ahmad and Nwazota began singing along with the chorus: “Back in the days when I was young, I’m not a kid anymore, but some days I sit and wish I was a kid again.”
She smiled and said, “See, this is why I came.”
—Staff writer Andrew C. Esensten can be reached at esenst@fas.harvard.edu.