• Must be between 12-18 years old to submit.

    • Must be a resident of the United States, Canada, or Caribbean

    • Must use content from at least one of the financial education lessons provided.

    • Must choose a beat provided by the competition.

    • Your song must include a minimum of 2 versus.

    • Must submit video performance - NO audio-only submissions will be accepted.

    • Absolutely no cursing or profanity allowed.

  • 🎤 Complete all 5 Hip Hop FinFe$t online challenges to get ideas for your song

    🎤 Record your first cut to leave time for edits & reshoots

    🎤 Submit your song by the Early Deadline of May 30th for one-on-one feedback from one of our judges and the opportunity to re-submit

    🎤 Final submission Deadline August 25

  • 🎤 Introduce your class to Hip Hop FinFe$t challenges *PRO TIP - April is Financial literacy month, a great time to introduce your class to the fest!

    🎤 Each FinFest lesson can be completed in 15-40 minutes to spark money conversations and build financial skills for your whole class

    🎤 For students who are interested in submitting a song, find ways to support them. Do you have access to a recording studio? Are you able to help them record the music video?  Can you help them edit their verses?

    🎤 Encourage students to submit by the early submission deadline of May 30 to get feedback from one of the judges and get the opportunity to resubmit.

    🎤 Remind interested students of the final submission date of August 25th before school is out!