Math Teacher Goes Viral With Rap Over Drake’s “Nokia”

Indiana math trainer, Natalie Kaczmarski, went viral final week after a clip of her introducing her class again to highschool together with her very personal rap efficiency to Drake’s “Nokia.” 

Kaczmarski, also called Miss Kacz, is seen within the clip getting her class excited as an instrumental of the Drake hit performed within the background. “Who’s prepared for a category,” she raps whereas clapping fingers collectively. “Geometry / Is it honors / Is it algebra / Is it math lab…”

The clip has gathered over 134,000 likes on Natalie Kaczmarski’s TikTok account. Drake has not reply to the viral clip whereas social media floods the trainer’s feedback with encouragement. 

Featured on Drake and PartyNextDoor’s 2024 joint album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, “Nokia” was the challenge’s greatest report. It reached the highest of the Billboard charts. Drake and PartyNextDoor accomplished an abroad tour for the album final month. 

The maths trainer has turn out to be recognized for utilizing Drake songs to introduce herself to the classroom. In September 2024, she went viral whereas introducing herself to her new college students together with her personal reimagining of Drake’s “Wealthy Child Daddy.” Her efficiency went viral inside days because it was seen greater than 19 million instances on TikTok.

The viral second was much less about chasing web fame and extra about constructing belief together with her college students. An educator for seven years, she has developed a practice of rewriting hip-hop hits into lighthearted classroom introductions, weaving in guidelines, expectations and even previews of the yr’s math curriculum. 

She started the observe 5 years in the past at Washington Township Excessive Faculty and has carried it into her present position within the Duneland Faculty Company. In 2023, she remixed 21 Savage and Drake’s “Mr. Proper Now.”

The method, she mentioned, requires vulnerability. “It takes away among the very skilled persona and exhibits them I’m an actual individual,” she defined. College students, she famous, usually attempt to masks their shock, although many are amused.

For Ms. Kaczmarski, the outpouring of help from college students, mother and father and colleagues has solely strengthened her dedication to instructing — and to preserving math relatable.