The 2023 Words Beats & Life Festival in DC featured a panel discussion on the future of hip-hop with experts Piper Carter, Martha Diaz, Dr. Msia Clark, and Hodari B. Davis. This panel was part of the Remixing the Art of Social Change conference and aimed to promote social change and encourage collaboration among educators and activists.

The 2023 Remixing the Art of Social Change conference was brought to you by DC Public Libraries, the National Endowment for the Arts, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Humanities DC. This conference was part of the 7th annual Words Beats & Life (WBL) Festival, a week of hip-hop events held throughout Washington, DC.