Can music be educational and still be sexy? These rappers think so.
When you think of rap and hiphop, what probably springs to mind is the type of music that makes it into the Top 40 charts, with lyrics about love or sex or money. But the Brooklyn-based duo Nate and Hila are more likely to rap about compost or bees. To be fair, their bee music is about sex as well — the somewhat psychedelic video, which has a rather NSFW title, features the pair in colorful, wonky bee costumes rapping about the life cycle of a hive. Their newest video, “Compost!” released this week, is about composting. You may sense a theme. Nate and Hila’s music focuses on environme...