On June 7, 2017, ESPN featured The Hip Hop Architecture Camp on ESPN Undefeated. The feature by ESPN was the kick off to the Los Angeles Hip Hop Architecture Camp which ran at Los Angeles Trade Technical College June 12, 2017 through June 16, 2017.

ESPN Undefeated: Hip Hop Architecture Camp Brings Music and Design Together

"With the start of camp right around the corner, Ford is looking forward to teaching young minds about the intersections of hip-hop and architecture while attempting to pique their interest in a field where black and brown professionals are underrepresented. Ford also hopes to receive help from hip-hop artists, community leaders and activists who are willing to volunteer their time for a good cause.

“My biggest hope is that each participant can see that their culture is important, and it’s also a way for them to revolutionize what it is that they’re doing or what they hope to do when they grow up,” Ford said.

"Getting them to see why it’s important not to check your culture at the door and for a lot of black and brown kids, letting them know that our culture is attacked every day. We’re told not to talk this way, not to walk this way or not to dress that way, but every time we look at TV, we see the appropriation of our culture. I’m trying to allow them to find ways to bring their culture into new arenas.”

To read the ESPN Undefeated article, click here.

For more information on The Hip Hop Architecture Camp, including how to register your child, or bring a camp to your city, please visit the website, www.hiphoparchitecture.com