Saint Francis freshmen craft rap to honor Cope

Two football players channel musical passion into a school project

By Pat Gee

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 20, 2012

~~<p>Mother Marianne Cope might be the only saint to have a rap song written in her honor, thanks to two junior varsity football players at Saint Francis School.</p>
<p>Like other ninth-graders at the Catholic school, Stephen "Mo" Scott and Hunter Hoohuli were assigned to create a skit about Cope's journey to sainthood, which culminates Sunday with her canonization in Rome. But the rap enthusiasts, who have knocked out several rap songs together for fun, asked whether they could create a hip-hop number about Cope instead, Scott said this week.</p>
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Mother Marianne Cope might be the only saint to have a rap song written in her honor, thanks to two junior varsity football players at Saint Francis School.

Like other ninth-graders at the Catholic school, Stephen "Mo" Scott and Hunter Hoohuli were assigned to create a skit about Cope's journey to sainthood, which culminates Sunday with her canonization in Rome. But the rap enthusiasts, who have knocked out several rap songs together for fun, asked whether they could create a hip-hop number about Cope instead, Scott said this week. Login for more...