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Congrats to Our Winners!

Beat makers! Your entries made the “Build a Beat” Challenge a success. Meet the winners and check out their tracks below.

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MEET THE WINNERS
Maiat Hunter
1ST PLACE
Maiat H.
2ND PLACE
Ayira A.
2ND PLACE
Nehal V.
3RD PLACE
Alexandra C.
3RD PLACE
Guadalupe P.
ABOUT "BUILD A BEAT" CHALLENGE

What is the "Build a Beat" Challenge?

Black Girls Code (BGC) and GoldieBlox invited youth ages 13-18 to code a song for a chance to meet superstar, Ciara, and win cool tech prizes. All participants followed BGC’s “Code A Song” tutorial videos to learn to make music using the Python programming language.

The top 10 songs were sent to our celebrity judges, and they selected the winners based on effort and originality, code complexity, and code clarity.

OUR CELEBRITY JUDGES
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Ciara

Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, producer, model, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

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Craig King

Celebrated music producer, computer programmer, and music engineer.

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MC Lyte

Iconic rapper, executive produce, and philanthropist.  

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BOSKO KANTE

Producer, inventor, mechanical engineer, and Grammy Winning talkbox performer.

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JAMES CUTHBERT

President of LL COOL J's Rock The Bells and community advocate.

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THE BOYKINZ

Country music sister quartet and TikTok sensation,

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