Rapper Doug E. Fresh performs with students in the Institute’s BeBop to Hip-Hop program during the Institute’s 25th Anniversary Competition & Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., 2011.

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 12: Doug E. Fresh performs at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz 25th Anniversary Gala on September 12, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/WireImage)