CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (CBS19 News)-- The Cville Band has collaborated with a nationally known US Army rapper and has brought it to the Paramount Theater. 

“What inspired me to start writing music was just as a way for me to deal with my life,” says Nicholas Feemster. 

Sergeant Nicholas Feemster is a rapper with the US Army and gets to do what he loves not only for the army but for himself as well. 

The Charlottesville Band says they are pleased to announce a free public collaboration with the U.S. Army Field Band, featuring Army rapper Staff Sergeant Feemster. 

 The band says that this unique performance at The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, will showcase the nationally known artist, and provide a rare opportunity for middle and high school students to participate in an interactive open rehearsal before Cville Band’s free concert.

“So tomorrow we're here at the Paramount 3:30 p.m. It’s a program we call Family Pops,” says Steve layman.  

Sergeant Feemster comes from a musical family, taking inspiration from his grandfather Herb Fame of the Grammy-nominated R&B duo Peaches & Herb.

“Music is in my family my grandfather is one half of the R&B duo Peaches & Herb who had like hits like Shake Your Groove Thing and Reunited,” says Feemster. 

The Cville band has been around since 1922 and since then, it has undergone a couple of name changes, but the spirit remains the same. The Band director Steve Layman says that in 1921 when the president of the UVA went to Richmond to lobby the general assembly to keep the medical school in Charlottesville and was successful there was no band or group to welcome him.  

“There were a couple of the city fathers who were standing on the bridge over the train tracks and they thought to themselves you know we need a town band for special events, and that's how we got started,” says Layman

The Cville band says all area middle and high school students are invited to attend and participate. As well as that the exciting program has been performed all over the country, and they're honored to share this with young people in the Charlottesville area.

The Cville Band and Feemster say that the interactive portion of the open rehearsal hopefully inspires others to pursue their goals. 

“I wanna tell people that if you’re really passionate about something and you love it that it will make a way for you,” says Feemster.

The Sergeant also added that he is over overjoyed that he gets to do this for a purpose bigger than himself and that they want to reach as many people as possible, as well as if you want to reach people and tell stories that reach larger audience, rap is a great way to do so.