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World Service,17 Sep 2017,50 mins
Beats, Rhymes and Justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island
The Documentary PodcastAvailable for over a year
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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