Lesson in music business preps Annapolis's freshmen

Yesterday, hip-hop artist Lil' Cody, aka Annapolis High ninth-grader Cody Juba, released a record with title tracks "Last of the Dying Breed" and "Before My Time Comes."

Sort of.

Mock-producing the album was the keystone project in this year's Summer Bridge Program at Annapolis High, a session designed to get incoming ninth-graders psyched up for high school while learning a little math and writing along the way.

"I was learning a lot about the record business, how it's run, all the work that has to go into the people behind the scenes," Cody said, adding that the project showed...