For seven years, music producer Ryan Burvick has given people incarcerated on Rikers Island and in other correctional facilities around New York City the chance to learn the art of hip-hop through a program called the Free Studio.
has given people incarcerated on Rikers Island and in other correctional facilities around New York City the chance to learn the art of hip-hop through a program called the Free Studio.
Well, the students, it looks like basically urban America. It looks like urban New York City and it looks like the youth, it looks like the teenagers that are New York. Some of them smile, some of them have long faces and some of them [are] just quiet and just waiting to be inspired by what date, what the day has to bring.
From my perspective, it seems as if it gives them space, mindfulness, similar to like what morning meditation or practice might do to someone just, you know, trying to clear their mind throughout their day. It seems as if this is a break from the monotony. They seem to be in a room 24/7, either in a cell locked in, or in housing units for 24/7 with 15-to-20 other young adults.
That song was recorded back in like 2015 and it was one of the first sessions of the program. This particular artist, Bampton, was brought to the program by the correction officers and people in the building. They were really championing him to be a part of the program. He had been writing and creating music prior to being incarcerated, but it seems as if inside the jail he really took it serious and he had this heartfelt story about possibly finding out how much time he could be facing.
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