“Math Thru Music came out of another program called Basketball 4 Life. We would always be playing music while youth participants were playing the sport. I decided to bring DJ equipment and that was when we started to have our young DJs spinning while the ball players did their thing on the court. As basketball programs were a dime a dozen, I decided to develop the DJ program since it was more unique and in 2010, DJ 4 Life was born.
We then started competitions and spinning at events while the program grew from one turntable to many. I noticed that there was lots of math involved and changed the name to Math Thru Music in 2014. Tens of thousands of participants and 7yrs later, we’re not only teaching Math, but Entrepreneurship, Coding and Social Justice through the art of DJing.”
Joseph Kharige
President, Math Thru Music