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The Young Men Rapping and Beatmaking From a Youth Lockup
['Maurice Chammah', 'I Write About The Death Penalty', 'Forensics', 'Art', 'Music Behind Bars', 'Courtesy Of Rose']
The Marshall Project
On “No Ceilings,” a young Portland lyricist asks, “If I confess all my sins, would they hang me for it?”
There are a handful of efforts to help young people produce music in youth facilities around the world.
Keys Beats Bars paired Mike and several other young men with Portland rapper Talilo Marfil, who got a grant from the Arts for Justice Fund.
Keys Beats Bars emerged from arts and cultural workshops that first featured drummers from Ghana, Cuba and other countries.
A decade on, Keys Beats Bars’ future is in doubt, because it’s been hard to raise money for this work.