Splash Biography



NICHOLAS MACHADO, JHU Public Health 2018 and the local hip hop head



Major: Public Health

College/Employer: Johns Hopkins

Year of Graduation: 2018

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

My name's Nick. I study public health with the intention becoming an epidemiologist, where I want to travel to developing countries and help study and prevent disease.

I live hip hop. It's my lifestyle. I've been rapping since I was a kid, back when we made middle school cyphers before class, and I took to bboying in my last year of high school. I am also an avid graffiti enthusiast.

I'm part of the Hopkins Breakers dance crew, and I run JHU's premier hip hop radio show.

Always glad to spread culture, whether it be my roots from Brasil or my roots in hip hop. Representing the 954: Deerfield Beach, Florida.



Past Classes

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A67: Introduction to Bboying in Splash Spring 16 (Feb. 27, 2016)
The original street dance, bboying originated in the early 1970s in the Bronx, New York. Dubbed "breakdancing" by the media, bboying is the purest element of hip hop, and continues to thrive in its urban roots both in the USA and internationally.


A69: Freestyle Rap in Splash Spring 16 (Feb. 27, 2016)
Rap, the condensed form of "rhythm and poetry" is the vocal element of hip hop, used to express oneself with rhymes, wordplay, flow, and statements. This course focuses on imporving your freestyle, which means rapping off the top of the head.


A70: Graffiti in Splash Spring 16 (Feb. 27, 2016)
Graffiti is the impressionist art of hip hop. In the past, artists were considered to be of a sophisticated culture. The rise of graffiti writers changed that. This course will talk about both the history of graffiti as well as hands-on, introductory tagging. This course will also heavily explain the legality and proper places to write graffiti.