BEHIND THE NAME PROJECT

‘Behind The Name’ (B.T.N) is a 22-month (Winter of 2019 - Summer of 2021) project in the making which saw the young people from YEP’s Beatz ‘N’ Barz music programme create a documentary focusing on the Urban Music Scene in Leicester. Representatives from the genres of Hip-Hop, RnB, House, Grime, Drill, Trap and more, answered the calls of the young people and gave them an insight into the musical landscape that Leicester has to offer. The young people got to speak to those that created the flames for the torch, those that are keeping it lit and those that will be carrying the torch in the near future.

As well as getting in touch with the representatives of the Urban Music Scene, the young people not only came up with the concept and edited the footage but were also busy creating a 29 track Mixtape covering many genres and giving their unique take on them.

The success of the project yielded further with each participant walking away with either a Bronze (Level 1), Silver (Level 2) or Gold (Level 3) Arts Award qualification as well as creating an historic piece which will saved in the city’s archives and, will be looked at time and time again.

This was the first project in which Taoreta Ltd, Youth Education Project and MEL Collaborated on.

Special Thanks:

Youth Music , Arts Council England, Leicestershire Music Hub & The Mighty Creatives