Music Meeting: “From jazz to hip hop” will have guest speakers such as DJ Maestro, Kirk Lightsey, Joe Flizzow, Arabyrd & Marques Young sharing their musical viewpoints on the development, fusion and co-relation between jazz and hip hop. Introduction of the common roots of jazz and hip hop and the many fusions of jazz & hip hop that has been done over the last 30 years. Exploring why musicians find it interesting to fuse hip hop elements in jazz and vice versa. What is the difference for hip hop artists to perform and interact with a live band on stage compared to a computer. How jazz and hip hop can contribute, and have done so to social awareness and political change.