Govanhill rap video made by Hector Bizerk and Bigg Taj

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RESEARCHERS have been using rap in Govanhill to look at how health services are failing minority communities.

They enlisted the help of local beatboxer Bigg Taj and Audrey Tait of Hector Bizerk to film the music video on the South Side.

And now the efforts of the Edinburgh University researchers have been featured in medical journal The Lancet.

The song, Dear Human, was written and performed by actor Belle Jones and musicians Lauren Gilmour, of Bella and the Bear, and Audrey Tait of Hektor Bizerk, as part of an Edinburgh University project called Measuring Humanity.

Period16 Apr 2018

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  • TitleGovanhill rap video made by Hector Bizerk and Bigg Taj
    Media name/outletEvening Times
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date16/04/18
    DescriptionRESEARCHERS have been using rap in Govanhill to look at how health services are failing minority communities.

    They enlisted the help of local beatboxer Bigg Taj and Audrey Tait of Hector Bizerk to film the music video on the South Side.

    And now the efforts of the Edinburgh University researchers have been featured in medical journal The Lancet.

    The song, Dear Human, was written and performed by actor Belle Jones and musicians Lauren Gilmour, of Bella and the Bear, and Audrey Tait of Hektor Bizerk, as part of an Edinburgh University project called Measuring Humanity.
    PersonsMarisa De Andrade