Artist-in-Residence
Artist-in-Residence
As an Artist-in-Residence, I bring my full experiences as an independent musician, writer, and educator to cultivate an environment of creativity, innovation, and artistic integrity.
Artist-in-Residence
Fall 2025 | University of Colorado-Boulder
Lecture Samples
In Fall 2025, I served as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Colorado Boulder’s American Music Research Center and the Center for African & African American Studies, where I engaged students, faculty, and community members through immersive workshops, classes, and public events that centered music, cultural inquiry, and creative practice.
My residency culminated in a guest recital that traced my artistic evolution and explored genre‑bending approaches to hip‑hop performance in academic spaces, offering audiences a lived experience of cultural exploration and narrative depth.
Artist-in-Residence
2019-2014 | Georgetown University
I served as Georgetown University’s first Hip‑Hop Artist‑in‑Residence, building a sustained multi‑disciplinary creative practice that integrated music, storytelling, arts entrepreneurship, and community dialogue. I produced original work, including Requiem for The Enslaved, collaborated with scholars and cultural leaders, and curated events on topics such as arts entrepreneurship, Black masculinity, and environmental sustainability.
I was in conversation with scholars and cultural leaders including Dr. Charles Hughes (Rhodes College), Dr. S. Craig Watkins (University of Texas at Austin) and Dr. Earnest (Auburn University), among others, creating spaces where music, scholarship, and lived experience could meet.
These programs explored themes such as Sneaker culture, Film & music, arts entrepreneurship, Black masculinity, environmental sustainability, and the role of culture in shaping collective futures and more.
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Sneakers and Speakers, 2019
Independent Mindset, 2022
During my tenure I invited and hosted powerful contemporary artists including Lacie Jordan, April Kae, LaRussell, Jesi Jumanji, Felandus Thames and more. The events highlighted performance and art making as a catalyst for dialogue, reflection, and community connection.
In addition to public-facing work, I facilitated a writers’ room on campus for my audio drama series Bloodbound, where I developed and wrote the first season in collaboration with creative partners.
My time at Georgetown expanded the role of the artist within the university, positioning creative practice as both scholarship and community practice. Through music, storytelling, and curated dialogue, I helped build a model for how artists can meaningfully engage academic spaces while remaining grounded in cultural integrity and creative freedom.
