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Catchy Clifton steroids rap takes top prize

Catchy Clifton steroids rap takes top prize

Date: 2013-12-06
A group of enterprising grade eleven pupils from Clifton College walked away with the top honours in a novel schools anti-steroids campaign run by Discovery SharkSmart, producing a catchy rap video that addressed the effects of steroid abuse in a creative and contemporary manner.

The video entitled "The Bigger they Are" was produced by members of Clifton College's Film Academy, under the supervision of English masters and popular rapper Ian "Ewok" Robinson.

"We encouraged students to provide an adolescent's perspective on the use and abuse of anabolic steroids in the written or spoken word in the form of an essay, poem, video production, flash presentation or poster," said Pippa Rowe, manager of the Discovery Sharks Schools of Excellence programme.

"The Clifton video crafted a spoken word piece and then set about filming it and putting it into to music thus making the whole production "Clifton Born and Bred" and richly deserved the R10,000 prize that we presented to Clifton College," Rowe added.

With an increase in anabolic steroid use amongst high school pupils the Discovery SharkSmart initiative asked the pupils to express themselves and increase the awareness of the dangers of steroid use.

The competition was open to all 21 schools affiliated to the programme, with the Clifton College entry winning the nod of all the judges.

Social issues were raised in the video as well as many other issues that arise through the use of banned substances like the physical effects that these substances have and the emotional and psychological damage that they can cause in the short as well as the long term.