Thrive Collective
Digital content by Eric Mason / Mason Jar Creative for Thrive Collective.
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…
read moreCouncil 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…
read moreMS 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…
read moreNYC 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…
read moreR.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,…
read moreR.H.Y.M.E x Roads To Success x MS 206 MS 206 students in East Harlem NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with RHYME teaching artist Kevin Toledo for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official Hip Hop song titled “Want Freedom” Special thanks to MS 206, Roads To Success,…
read moreJDHS x RHYME x Speek Lyfe JDHS students in Brooklyn NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with Speek Lyfe / RHYME teaching artists Lawrence and Paul Coles for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official Hip Hop song titled “Push through Follow Through.” JDHS students also collaborated to…
read moreR.H.Y.M.E x Speek Lyfe x NYC Council x MS 42 MS 42Q students in Far Rockaway Queens met twice a week for 12 weeks with Speek Lyfe / RHYME teaching artists Lawrence and Paul Coles for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official R.H.Y.M.E remix titled “The Way Up Remix”…
read moreR.H.Y.M.E x BMCC Thrive Collective R.H.Y.M.E Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel in partnership with The Borough of Manhattan Community College present the 2024 spring semester BMCC Healing Through Hip Hop program and showcase. BMMC students met with R.H.Y.M.E teaching artists Jason Roberts and Thomas Fucaloro weekly for the spring semester to explore rap, songwriting, poetry…
read moreR.H.Y.M.E x Murry Bergtraum High School During the 2024 spring semester, Murry Bergtraum High School students in NYC 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 skills embedded within the art such…
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