Thrive Collective
On the final day of Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary Year, we offer our love letter to hip hop: “Coke La Rock is Still Here.”
Video by Eric Mason. Filmed at the Hip Hop 50 Block Party.
THRIVE COLLECTIVE & ROADS TO SUCCESS PRESENT: R.H.Y.M.E. AT M.S. 57 – YOUNG MINDS EXCELLING THROUGH HIP HOP This spring in East Harlem, something powerful happened inside the walls of M.S. 57 James Weldon Johnson Middle School. A group of middle school students transformed their creativity into purpose through the R.H.Y.M.E. (Rhymes Help Young…
R.H.Y.M.E x RSA Over the course of 12 weeks, students at Renaissance School of the Arts (RSA) in Harlem participated in the R.H.Y.M.E. (Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel) program—an initiative by Thrive Collective that uses hip hop to teach essential “Mic Skills & Life Skills.” Led by teaching artists Cellus Hamilton and JSWISS, the program…
R.H.Y.M.E. x Roads To Success x Level Up | Lafayette Academy & PS 333 MSC Middle School Over the course of eight weeks, students at The Level Up School participated in the R.H.Y.M.E. (Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel) program—an initiative by Thrive Collective that uses hip hop music and mentoring to empower youth. Led by…
Bronx Connect RTG North x Thrive Collective Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel present “Make a Change” “Make a Change” is an original song written and performed by Nakwon, Drip, Nello, Corey, and Randy Mason. The beat was generously donated to R.H.Y.M.E students for non profit use by producer Jabez beats. The song was recorded at…
Thrive collective Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel x Montefiore Moshulu Community Center Thrive collective Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel partners with Montefiore Moshulu Community Center to provide NYC students with fun, educational and interactive rap and percussion summer workshops. The R.H.Y.M.E x MMCC summer intensive took place over the course of 5 days in August…
Thrive Collective returned to John Dewey High School for the 2023-2024 school year to inaugurate its Project Pivot program with an integrated arts academy. Collaborating once again with our partners Projectivity and Speek Lyfe, we produced a 36-week, multimedia experience in three 12-week modules: RHYME Hip Hop and Mentoring The JDHS Podcast School Murals Veteran…
Council member Amanda Farías District 18 x R.H.Y.M.E x JHS 127 During the 2024 spring semester, Junior High School 127 students in the Bronx came together twice a week after school with RHYME teaching artists Jason Roberts and Kevin Toledo to learn about Hip Hop culture, the art of rap and a host of transferable…
MS 839 x R.H.Y.M.E & Speek Lyfe sponsored by Roads To Success MS 839 scholars present “Reaching For The Stars” a student led Hip Hop banger! MS 839 students in Brooklyn NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with RHYME and Speek Lyfe teaching artists Paul and Lawrence Coles for the 2024 spring semester…
NYC Council Member Mercedes Narcisse x PS 272 x R.H.Y.M.E & Speek Lyfe PS 272 scholars proudly present “Don’t Worry,” an unforgettable Hip Hop anthem. PS 272 elementary students in Brooklyn NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with RHYME and Speek Lyfe teaching artists Paul and Lawrence Coles for the 2024 spring semester…
R.H.Y.M.E x NYC Council x RSA Renaissance School of The Arts students in East Harlem NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with RHYME teaching artist Jason “Conquest” Roberts for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official Hip Hop song titled “School Daze” Special thanks to RSA, NYC Council,…
