UFB is a hip hop group of recent Chicago high school graduates. Erk G, the young man in the Hollister hoodie, was in my 6th period Senior English class this year. His real name is Aarik, but on the first day of school he told me he wanted to be called Erk G, and he told me about his group.

I didn't call him by his stage name at first. But one day he was fooling around in class and I called him Erk G to get his attention. It was amazing -- he became a completely different student. I guess respecting his wish to be called Erk G gave him a reason to be invested in my class. After that, he came to class on time, did all his assignments, and contributed to class discussions.

He told me about UFB, and played some songs for me. I found them to be really catchy and I could tell UFB had talent. In addition to being talented, these young men work really hard. When Erk G asked me to be in his video, how could I say no? (Plus it's really fun telling people I'm in a rap video.)

So please check out the video, and pass it on to your friends. It's nice to meet young men who are not gang bangers and who truly work hard and take the music business seriously.  UFB deserves to make it big!