Say Something

This high-energy, beginner-friendly workshop introduces the fundamentals of freestyle rap through the lens of improvisation.
About this Event

Workshop

You don’t need to be a rapper to freestyle. You just need something to say.

This high-energy, beginner-friendly workshop introduces the fundamentals of freestyle rap through the lens of improvisation.

Led from an emcee’s perspective, the session brings a real-world approach to freestyle - focusing on rhythm, rhyme, presence, musicality, and the mindset needed to create confidently in the moment.

Through interactive games, exercises, and group freestyle, participants will learn how to:

– Find and maintain rhythm
– Build simple and complex rhyme patterns
– Stay present and recover from mistakes
– Collaborate and support others in a group setting
– Turn spontaneous ideas into confident choices

Rooted in the Freestyle Fitness approach, the workshop emphasizes playful repetition, low-pressure practice, and celebrating progress - helping participants build real skills while staying relaxed and expressive.

The result is a supportive space to take risks, find your voice, and experience the joy of making something up on the spot.

No prior rap or music experience required - just a willingness to play.

Bio

David “BS” Bradshaw is an NYC-based freestyle rapper, songwriter, educator, and U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassador specializing in the intersection of hip-hop and improvisation. He has performed with Freestyle Love Supreme and served as a lead facilitator with the Freestyle Love Supreme Academy, helping performers develop spontaneity, musicality, confidence, and trust on stage.

Founder of Freestyle Fitness NYC, BS has spent years helping everyone from first-time freestylers to professional performers build creativity, confidence, and flow through freestyle rap. His teaching and performance work has taken him across the U.S. and internationally, most recently on a multi-city European tour with workshops and performances in Germany, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Belfast.

His credits include Boom Chicago, Baby Wants Candy’s Shamilton, Carnegie Hall, Harvard University, The Today Show, Red Bull TV, and work with organizations including Toyota, BMW, Nikon, and Meta.