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=Upon exiting the whoom-Jan. 10th, 1978, after 32 hours of labor, a Blue hairy, Jerry.Brown:Rhythm.Art.Poetry. (aka JBRAP) took a good hard long look around the room and the people in it, his grandmother says, "he started crying and didn't stop until he could move himself!"
Did this Multi-Media-Renaissance-Vocalist-EmCee--4D--Perfomance Artist, somehow know then ( directly after-birth) what his hometown of East Palo Alto and the World had in store? we come from oracles!
Many Hard Lessons, scarrs, & tentions, from An UnFair Unforginving Life with Many Given Blessings!!____________
Today he is humble, active and ornery in the same way, making his home in West Oakland and using his Mixed Media Social Change Arts (dual degrees) to create and encourage positively artistic, engaging, academic environments and safer spaces for the young poeple of our community.
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A 2001 graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) R.A.P. began self-training in a variety of expressive arts ( metal clay sculpture / photography / illustration / graphic design) R.A.P. also became involved in theatrical productions -dance and political arts events working with the Expressive Arts Guerrilla Improv Theater Troop ( JUICE) & acted extensively with Don Williams, African American Theater and Rainbow Troupes.
While with the Prison Moratorium Project he organized the first leg of the nation wide tour for No more Prisons, CD compilation--and curated variety shows incorporating the politics of being young college students of color at UCSC and America with a manual for young college students to do the same @ their prospective colleges.____________
JBRhythm exhibits work around the SF Bay Area with
and Is an Organizing member of (NSAA) Naked Souls Artists Alliance - --- Mr. Brown Is Assistant Program Director (Camp Noodle Summer Youth Program) Designing Curriculum for/with Young MEN and Women Overcoming Violence through Education (Trinity Wolf Network/ Best of the Bay award winning LIVING ROOM speakeasy events) and a Prison Focus Radio Show - every thur 11-12n w/ KPOO 89.5 fm (SF- Sept2005) --- Mr. RAP also served as Co-Producer & Lead Production Designer for writer / director Maurice Jamals Historic & Award winning first film "The Ski Trip Movie" - (LOOK for the upcoming New film Block Buster, "Dirty Laundry) --- JBRAP Starred in and Is presently performing ( music off his debut solo effort Entitled ""J-10 :: CaprICornICopiA"") promoting the Hip Hop documentary, PICK UP THE MIC: rEvolution of HomoHop. -- He is concurrently developing any number of theatrical productions, activly performing live producing his Sophomore Solo Musical Project, that focuses on Hip Hop as a Healing tool Eternal Positive Attitude .aka. EPA!! Mr. Rhythm.Art.Poetry continues his development as a student of Earth School, More of his electro--hiphop-steezo stylistics can be found at http://jbrap10.tripod.com and soon www.JBRAP.net!!!
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