SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A gaggle of Bay Space dancing grannies is kicking off the 12 months of the Rabbit with hip-hop and an necessary message.
The Grant Avenue Follies dance troupe began in San Francisco’s Chinatown within the Nineteen Fifties. In 2021, ABC7 Information anchor Dion Lim reported on their first rap, which was their technique to converse out in opposition to the assaults on Asian Individuals.
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This sassy set of seniors are again simply in time for Lunar New 12 months with a brand new track and music video “That Lunar Cheer.” Clad in crimson costumes and gold jewellery, the group of girls of their 60s by means of 80s dance and rap about Lunar New 12 months traditions.
The non-profit AARP and rapper Jason Chu are on the challenge. It is message celebrates hip hop’s fiftieth anniversary and empowers these of any age.
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