Science rapper Jon Chase kicks off science week at Salford University [Video]

Building the bridge between science and music, 2017 Josh Award Winner Jon Chase guest starred at Salford University to celebrate the start of science week.

The science communicator came to Media City on Friday to demonstrate his original and unique way of explaining science through the medium of rap.

After Jon started as a DJ he turned to rapping about his passion for science and later got approached by a woman who worked for NASA Astrobiology Magazine who asked Jon to produce a rap for NASA in 2008. See the video below.

He explained, “I ended up doing a rap about astrobiology and after that it took off from there”.

Jon revealed that suddenly “everyone was interested in me”, which lead to him later writing science raps for BBC Bitesize, in order to help to spread the word about science.

Jon wanted to emphasis that science is not just for …