{"id":493,"date":"2021-04-07T14:12:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T14:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radio16-2.com.au\/?p=493"},"modified":"2021-04-07T14:12:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T14:12:04","slug":"tierra-whack-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/04\/07\/tierra-whack-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Tierra Whack &#8211; Link"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In an attempt to live in space forever, Tierra Whack and the LEGO Group partner up for her light-hearted visual &#8220;Link.&#8221; With the help of Philadelphia school children and director Cat Solen, Whack&#8217;s imaginative vision gets a fun boost, as they help create different inter-galactic creatures, rocket launchers, hummingbirds and castles to enhance the video&#8217;s dynamic. Inspired by Whack&#8217;s playful childhood memories, &#8220;Link&#8221; proves to be an entertaining and exploratory watch for people of all ages. Watch HERE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before creating &#8220;Link,&#8221; Whack sat down alongside children from ages 6-9 to build a myriad of objects out of LEGO\u00ae bricks to inspire her innovative video. The kids&#8217; imaginations ran wild as they built whatever came to mind. Whack, serving as a blank canvas, received their suggestions whole-heartedly and helped realize their concepts to the best of her abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was so excited to work with kids because their energy is fun, exhilarating, never-ending, and full of surprises,&#8221; says Tierra Whack regarding the creative process. &#8220;I really trusted them, and I knew they were going to come up with something great. What I loved most about the process was being able to partner with such an iconic company like the LEGO Group because we could make anything happen!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the LEGO Rebuild the World campaign, Whack joins the likes of award-winning US perspective artist Alexa Meade, stage and screen icon Billy Porter and architect and RIBA Gold Medalist Sir David Adjaye OBE in a series of films which explore the importance of creative play to show how this inspires kids to express their individual creativity and develop vital skills such as self-confidence, resilience, and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Link&#8221; serves as Whack&#8217;s first video since her October 2020 release &#8220;Dora which was directed by conceptual artist Alex De Corte. Whack doubled the ante and released two more records in &#8220;feel good&#8221; and &#8220;Peppers and Onions&#8221; to wrap up her 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being lauded for her lyrical bravery and masterful vision in 2018, the following year, GRAMMY-nominated lyricist and fast-rising superstar, Tierra Whack stormed back with five new tracks in five consecutive weeks as part of her acclaimed &#8220;Whack History Month.&#8221; In June 2019, her stellar wordplay abilities earned her a coveted slot as an XXL Freshman. Last year, she covered Teen Vogue for their March 2020 issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an attempt to live in space forever, Tierra Whack and the LEGO Group partner up for her light-hearted visual &#8220;Link.&#8221; With the help of Philadelphia school children and director Cat Solen, Whack&#8217;s imaginative vision gets a fun boost, as they help create different inter-galactic creatures, rocket launchers, hummingbirds and castles to enhance the video&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/04\/07\/tierra-whack-link\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tierra Whack &#8211; Link&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio16-2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}