NASA Shows First Hip-Hop Song To Space

Illustration of the surface of the planet Venus (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA NASA took an unusual action on Friday, July 12. The US national space agency, using a giant antenna from Deep Space Network (DSC), managed to emit its first hip-hop song to Venus. The song sent by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) bytur Elliott. JPL transmitted Elliott's song to various spacecraft exploring Venus, the planet chosen by Elliott. 254 million kilometers from Earth, the song was successfully transmitted at a speed of light and spent only 14 minutes. The DSN parabolic antenna selected to emit this song is Deep Space Station 13 (DSS-13). Elliott, rapper with a musical career of more than 30 years, said he was proud of the achievement of his song. Moreover, The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) was the first hip-hop song to be broadcast into space using NASA's communication tools.

The songwriter also said that he deliberately, "choose Venus because it symbolizes power, beauty, and empowerment. I am very humble because of the opportunity to share my artwork and messages with the universe!" Brittany Brown, Director of the Division of Digital and NASA Technology, said that her party had pushed for new boundaries by sending artwork into space. Brown revealed that they were the first parties to submit this idea to Elliott. NASA's JPL deliberately chose Elliott because the rapper had a good track record in music. "(he can) combine space-centric and visual futuristic stories in his music videos."