Brooklynn Jefferson Follows the Sound of Her Own Tune 

Young Black woman standing in front of wrought iron fence

Receiving a random delivery at the door wasn’t on then-6th-grader Brooklynn Jefferson’s mind that day in November 2020. When she went to the door, a “big and heavy box” was waiting to greet her. It was a trombone.

Genesis Be: Rapping for Change

From Biloxi, Miss. to Brooklyn and back to Mississippi, Genesis Be, a rapper and activist, always makes her way back home. She uses her music to challenge historic and ongoing racial issues that govern politics in her home state.  Photo Courtesy Genesis Be by Darryn Price The first time Genesis Be rapped in public, the […]