Beats, Rhymes and Justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island

The Documentary Podcast

• Episode: Beats, Rhymes and Justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island
• Website: The Documentary Podcast
• Feed URL: http://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0lx.rss
• Duration: 00:50:43
• Published: 2017-09-17 06:00

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.