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000Prep Week
“F! P! THREE! F! P! THREE!” Red and retro students roared the name from the stands, and senior Max Melcher was lifted to the top of the crowd. He raised his ‘Westside vs. Prep’ shirt up, edging the crowd into a terrifically loud crescendo as the similarly ruthless score of 41-0 crowned him in fierce yellow light from the scoreboard behind. Powder lingered magnificently in the air, and Melcher’s lyrics lingered brilliantly in students’ minds as they jumped and jeered in wonderful rage.
“Did you see me out there? It was insanely hype! I’m so glad that we won that game,” Melcher said. “My senior year, 41-0, that’s the best we ever beat them, and we won because of my rap.”
Melcher wass the artist of the popular rap trilogy of FP1, FP2, and FP3. The rap, posted on Soundcloud under the username HandicappedMax, embodied the Westside vs. Prep rivalry, and il-luminated the hype and hysteria between the two schools, especially during football season. This year, he concluded the trilogy by releasing FP3 the night before the Prep game.
“The actual night I got like 2,000 views. Right now I have 4,189 [as of Sep. 16th],” Melcher said. “This one went all across Ne-braska, everyone knows me for it. When I meet people, I don’t introduce myself as Max Melcher, I introduce myself as Handi-cappedMax.”
And across Nebraska, faculty, students, and family members reacted to Melcher’s music.
“I had people on Twitter saying I changed the beef game…My mom knows about it, she makes fun of me for it…One of my coaches told me you’re on the football team, respect the tradition,” Melcher said. “I never had any problems with kids from Prep though, some of them think it’s funny that I do it. Others talk a lot of trash on Twitter, but they don’t say it to my face.”
Whenever Melcher thought of a lyric, he jotted it down in his notebook, or on his phone. He also listened to Gucci Maine and Eminem when he wrote. As Prep Week approached, he headed
down to Studio 24 with a year’s worth of lyrics, paid $60 for an hour, and ‘freestyled’ the song, referencing his notes.
“I found the beat online on Youtube. I just went in and did my thing. [The sound guy then] made it sound a little bit better, and mixed it a little bit,” Melcher said.Melcher, being a senior, did not plan on continuing his Prep songs.
“Michael Merical and I have been talking, and we’re going to do some tracks together; probably not about Prep though. I’m just going to let it flow, and if someone wants to pick it up after me, they can,” Melcher said. “They won’t be better than me, but they can try. This is basically, like I said, what I’m known for.”
Thus, the new legacy of school rivalry rap was left to time to per-haps create another face in the feud. Story by Majdi Alkarute
Senior Sleepover:
“Alec Karre and Costen Bishop playing Just Dance for about 5 hours.”Ben Kerby, 12
“All the seniors being in one area because you normaly only hang out with you specific group of friends, but it was fun to be with everyone.”Brett Robinson, 12
“Playing signs, I learned about it that night, and then I played it for about three hours which was really fun.”Lauren Zimmerman, 12
“Hanging out with everyone, and it was really funny when the prep boys threw the firework in and everyone got really scared.”Lilla Lovas, 12
“Playing signs!”Nick Pellett and Peter Pellet, 12
“I had alot of fun playing a co-ed game of tag football.”Michaela Thompson, 12
The Rapper:
Most Memorable Moments?
Top: Seniors Hannah Pred and Katie Germany pose to take a selfie during the Westside vs. Creighton Prep football game. Students on
social media heavily covered this game. Above: Westside student section holds up their shoes at
the start of the football game. The final score of the football game was 41 to 0, Westside taking the win. Right: The leader of Red Shield pose
for a photo before the Prep vs. Westside football game. Red Shield is in charge of the student
section at Westside. Photos by Melissa Loney and Red Shield
Below: As he lifts up his football jersey senior Max Melcher exposes his t-shirt under-neath with the cover are from he second released rap song. Melcher currently has over 14,500 views, on his sound cloud. Photo by Dana Cox
Senior Raps About School RivalryMax Melcher
Design By Melissa Loney
“I liked when we all got in a circle and played volleyball and ‘Just Dance’.”Eliza Jasa, 12
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