It’s not often that rap artists collaborate with scientists, but Houston-based rapper Fat Tony and music cognition researcher Henkjan Honing just dropped a track together. Honing, who studies what makes humans a musical species, revealed in a story for MIT Press and excerpted by Nautilus that we’re wired for beats at birth. Naturally, we turned to another expert on beats to read his story. Here’s what Honing told us about his collab with Fat Tony:
 "The groove is central to many musics. Let’s celebrate our sensitivity to the beat. Music is not a just a luxury, it’s essential to most of us. And Fat Tony's narration adds the proper groove to the story. Thanks Tony!"

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