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College student nails extra credit assignment with fire DNA rap

This rap about DNA might just help you pass that big test.

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Turner explains DNA

When a professor offered to curve students’ grades if they made a music video about any of the topics covered in class, Julien Turner, a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, rose to the challenge and then some.

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His music video about cell reproduction is not only total fire, but also super informative.

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Sure it might not be on the same level as Kendrick Lamar’s DNA video, but then again not everyone can afford Don Cheadle.

Don Cheadle in Kendrick Lamar video
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It does however contain lyrics like “Metaphase chromatids meet at the heart/Anaphase chromatids are pulled apart/Telophase forming of membrane will start/While the cell starts to pinch back apart” so it’s clear Turner has some skills.

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People on Twitter were duly impressed. In less than 24 hours the video has been retweeted more than 50,000 times and liked over 100,000.

https://twitter.com/kassie_kiley/status/926242039607545856

https://twitter.com/maggienoliaaaaa/status/926254698591551488

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Turner might have had an advantage on this particular assignment. He’s also an amature film maker with a couple of shorts already under his belt. In fact his short film Pseudo, a story about race and mistaken identity, has already won some awards.

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Hopefully Turner gets an A in his class, but even if he doesn’t it seems like he’ll be fine. He always has either his music or film career to fall back on.

 
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