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Back To Reading Credits

Back To Reading Credits

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 August 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of Cindy Campbell's infamous back-to-school party and the birth of Hip-Hop. Back To Reading Credits is a 6-episode audiovisual series from BRIC Radio celebrating the first 50 years of Hip-Hop and the people behind the curtain who drive the culture. On the show, BRIC President Wes Jackson interviews scholars, artists, executives, thought leaders, and other unsung heroes of the movement about how they shaped the look, feel, and flow of Hip-Hop, and about how Hip-Hop shapes us.© 2025 BRIC RADIO Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Music
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  • 06 | Lady Pink

    06 | Lady Pink
    Feb 19 2025

    For the sixth and final episode of Back To Reading Credits, Wes Jackson spoke with legendary artist Lady Pink about getting an education from painting trains, making a name for herself as a woman writer in the 70s and 80s, and straddling the worlds of street art and fine art today. Lady Pink started writing graffiti in 1979 and soon became well known as the only female capable of competing with the boys in the graffiti subculture. Pink painted subway trains from the years 1979-1985 and in 1982 had a starring role in the motion picture "Wild Style". Today, Lady Pink continues to create new paintings on canvas that express her unique personal vision. She also shares her 40 years of experience with teens by holding mural workshops and actively lecturing to college students throughout the world. • Back to Reading Credits is hosted by Wes Jackson and produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Chris Torres, Gabrielle Davenport, and Antoine Hardy, with help from Elyse Rodriguez Aleman, Charlie Hoxie, and Kuye Youngblood.

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    Lady Pink was born in Ecuador, raised in NYC, and currently resides in the countryside north of the city. In 1979 she started writing graffiti and soon became well known as the only female capable of competing with the boys in the graffiti subculture. Pink painted subway trains from the years 1979-1985 and in 1982 had a starring role in the motion picture "Wild Style". That role and her other significant contributions to graffiti have made her a cult figure in the hip-hop subculture. Photo by Lauren Thomas Photo by Lauren Thomas She began exhibiting paintings in galleries while still in high school, and at the age of 21 had her first solo show at the Moore College of Art. As a leading participant in the rise of graffiti-based art, Lady Pink's canvases have entered important art collections such as those of the Whitney Museum, the MET in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Art in Boston and the MoMA. She has not only established herself in the fine arts world, but also the fashion world. Collaborating with Louis Vuitton, Supreme, and Lancôme, her paintings are highly prized by collectors. Today, Lady Pink continues to create new paintings on canvas that express her unique personal vision. She also shares her 40 years of experience with teens by holding mural workshops and actively lecturing to college students throughout the world.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 05 | Lachi

    05 | Lachi
    Dec 12 2024
    For the fifth episode of Back To Reading Credits, Wes Jackson spoke with artist and advocate Lachi about how she and her peers are fighting to make the music industry more accessible. Lachi is a globally touring recording artist, award winning social entrepreneur, GRAMMYs Chapter Board Governor, and host of PBS’ American Masters series ‘Renegades’. Born legally blind, Lachi uses her platform in music, storytelling and fashion to amplify identity pride and Disability Culture. Her U.N.-recognized organization RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities) has collaborated on disability-inclusive solutions with the GRAMMYs, Netflix, Tidal, SONY Pictures Entertainment and more. • Back to Reading Credits is hosted by Wes Jackson and produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Chris Torres, Gabrielle Davenport, and Antoine Hardy, with help from Elyse Rodriguez Aleman, Jose Astorga, Jonathan Ortiz, Charlie Hoxie, and Kuye Youngblood. Our audio engineer was Zak Sherzad, and our director was Raynita Vaughn. • Thank you to Arthur Gwynne and Stacie Barker. Ro Johnson, Tadia Toussaint, and everyone who participated in “Dead Rappers Get Better Promotion: The Health Crisis in Hip-Hop, A #BHeard Town Hall” last year. Watch the full Town Hall here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebgJpmxAR6U• BIOS & LINKS: Lachi is a globally touring recording artist, award winning social entrepreneur, GRAMMYs Chapter Board Governor, and host of PBS’ American Masters series ‘Renegades’. Born legally blind, Lachi uses her platform in music, storytelling and fashion to amplify identity pride and Disability Culture. Her U.N.-recognized organization RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities) has collaborated on disability-inclusive solutions with the GRAMMYs, Netflix, Live Nation and more. Her recent song Lift Me Up in homage to Judy Heumann peaked at #29 on U.S. Adult Contemporary radio. Named a USA Today Woman of the Year, an ADCOLOR Innovator of the Year, a “new champion in advocacy” by Billboard, and "a foot soldier for Disability Pride'' by Forbes, her cultural activism has landed her spots on national ads and TEDx stages, discussions with the White House, BBC, Good Morning America and the New York Times.RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities) is a professional platform equipping the music and live entertainment industry with disability inclusive tools, programming and strategy. RAMPD also connects the industry to a global directory of peer-vetted music/sound creators and industry professionals with disabilities, neurodivergence and other chronic or mental health conditions, to find source and hire—bringing competitive opportunities, visibility and community to our Professional Members while offering disability inclusion to Industry/Venue partners. RAMPD's Mission is to amplify Disability Culture, promote equitable inclusion, and advocate for inclusive and accessible spaces in the music and live entertainment industries. Founded in May of 2021 (and established January 2022) by award-winning recording artist and cultural activist Lachi, RAMPD came about after a public talk between the Recording Academy and several disabled artists revealed the serious lack of visibility, access, and representation for music professionals with disabilities. RAMPD has since partnered with the GRAMMY's to make music's biggest night more disability-inclusive, helping push for a visible ramp to the stage, ASL, audio description and more at the ceremony, finding visibility in NYTimes and Billboard. In 2022 RAMPD was named a Zero Project Honoree at the United Nations for its innovative solutions, and in 2023 was named a Music Business Association Agent of Change. RAMPD's member development initiatives are fiscally sponsored by the Stacey Park Milbern Disability Justice Fund. Disability Culture: RAMPD defines Disability Culture as the art, music, words, and creative contributions of people who identify as disabled. It is rooted in creativity, determination and problem solving and is a vibrant counter-response to society's marginalization and oppression, and deserves to be celebrated. Disability: RAMPD's view on disability is big tent, meaning we are inclusive of and advocates for all forms of disabilities, including neurodivergence, chronic and mental health conditions, all physical, sensory, cognitive and intellectual disabilities, d/Deafness and hard of hearing, rare diseases and the immune compromised. We do not define disability by diagnosis, but by identity, as not everyone is able to receive a proper diagnosis. Furthermore disability identity is not limited to the medical model lens, but expands to both the social and cultural models of disability.• TRANSCRIPT: https://shorturl.at/5XbZp• Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BRICTV, and visit www.bricartsmedia.org/podcasts for more information on BRIC Radio.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • BONUS | BRIC Master Class: The History of Hip-Hop with Wes Jackson

    BONUS | BRIC Master Class: The History of Hip-Hop with Wes Jackson
    Sep 25 2024

    To appreciate The Culture, you need to understand where it all began. This summer, I kicked off BRIC’s new Master Class series with a lecture on the origins of Hip-Hop in New York City and the ripple effect it has had worldwide over the last 5 decades. Today, we’re sharing the audio from my master class with you, our listeners. We hope you enjoy this look back at the origins and evolution of Hip-Hop. • Back to Reading Credits is hosted by Wes Jackson and produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Raynita Vaughn, Chris Torres, Gabrielle Davenport, and Antoine Hardy, with help from Elyse Rodriguez Aleman, Jose Astorga, Jamie Martinez, Jonathan Ortiz, Zak Sherzad, Charlie Hoxie, and Kuye Youngblood. • Thank you to BRIC’s Media Education team – Skye MacLeod, Jessica Mason, David Fancois, and everyone who participated – for bringing this series to life. Keep an eye on BRIC’s class schedule for more master classes on everything from history and data science to AI and the music industry. You can watch the full video version of The History of Hip-Hop with BRIC's President, Wes Jacksonon BRIC TV’s YouTube channel.

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    Wes Jackson has over 25 years of experience as a leader, entrepreneur, innovator, creative and executive in entertainment and academia. Wes has been leading BRIC, a pioneering, multi-disciplinary arts and media institution anchored in downtown Brooklyn, as its President since July 2022. BRIC’s programs include the free, summer-long BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! festival whose 46th season kicks off this summer; the New York Emmy Award-winning BRIC TV, whose programming includes acclaimed original scripted series and hyper-local news stories and documentaries; Brooklyn Free Speech TV, a leading public access television network; a major contemporary art exhibition program; BRIC JazzFest, which brings global legends and emerging artists in jazz to Brooklyn each October; family programs; and more. BRIC’s nationally recognized school-based arts and media education program reaches thousands of NYC public school students each year. Prior to starting at BRIC, Jackson was the Director of the Business of Creative Enterprises (BCE) Program and Senior Executive In Residence at Emerson College. His career began as a concert producer, which led him to his first venture, Seven Heads Entertainment, and later to found and lead the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival.

    BRIC education programs reach over 25,000 individuals. Our Media Center offers a variety of free and wallet-friendly, high-quality film, TV, and podcasting courses, serving 6,000 adult students annually. BRIC’s in-school and afterschool programs reach 3,800 students in 35+ public schools, in 19 neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
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