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Beats, Rhymes and Justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island
MC and producer Ryan Burvick takes us behind bars as inmates learn to rap on Rikers Island, New York’s notorious jail
MC and producer Ryan Burvick takes us behind bars on Rikers Island, New York’s largest and troubled Jail. He leads a music production programme there called Beats, Rhymes and Justice, which helps inmates write rhymes, make music and imagine their future off the island in a different light. We hear from three of its students, all aged between 18-21 and awaiting trial.
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