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
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
Ciara
Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, producer, model, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
Craig King
Celebrated music producer, computer programmer, and music engineer.
MC Lyte
Iconic rapper, executive produce, and philanthropist.
BOSKO KANTE
Producer, inventor, mechanical engineer, and Grammy Winning talkbox performer.
JAMES CUTHBERT
President of LL COOL J's Rock The Bells and community advocate.
THE BOYKINZ
Country music sister quartet and TikTok sensation,