The kids’ stage at Lollapalooza may have had less mosh pits, fewer gyrating background dancers and lower volume than other stages. But the kids learned how to dance to rap.
The Kidzapalooza space — replete with magic shows, an arts-and-crafts station and milk box giveaways — offers parents attending the festival to see nostalgia-drenched favorites like Green Day and Metallica the chance to explore music with their children, Freelon said. Lollapalooza runs through Sunday in Grant Park, put on by Texas-based C3 Presents. Along with Green Day and Metallica, adult headliners include Dua Lipa and J. Cole. Kidzapalooza was not on the slate last summer as the music festival returned after being scrapped by the pandemic in 2020.
In a song called “My Body,” the performer sang about consent and bodily autonomy as his live band laid down a funky beat.“Listen here. You don’t want to touch? You don’t need to fear. This is your body, no one else tells you how to feel,” he rapped.“Not everybody’s a hugger. Some people don’t want to be touched. That’s a form of respect that kids should definitely know,” the Joliet 10-year-old said. The glitter-faced girl seemed overjoyed in the children’s area.
For Freelon, a musician, educator and former city council member from Durham, N.C., the show was another chance to mix the enthralling beats of rap with lyrics that are relevant to kids’ experiences, all from an unapologetically Black perspective. He learned as a father that kids can wrap their minds around complex ideas and sounds.
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