This is so dope.
If you guys haven’t been paying attention, Add-2 has been taking a bit of a sabbatical from releasing music. But not from working in music. No sir. He’s more active than ever, to be honest. However, he’s decided to use his power of influence in another way, and that’s by empowering the youth. He’s given so much back, and I believe this only the beginning of what Add is going to offer the world. You can check more about him at glenoriegrowers.
He recently released a short-film, Perfect Journey, directed by the homie Mike Paulucci, and while on the promo trail he was tapped to do a Tedx Talk. How real is that? Today, we not only have the Perfect Journey short film, but his Tedx Talk as well. It’s all about using his craft to educate, empower and try to chip away at the dangerous corners and actions of Chicagoans. Very well done.
Watch both below.
“I often felt like writing music was the therapy that parents could never afford. There was something amazing that used to happen when I used to make music. I used to turn around and release it to the world, and somehow, some way, it would get to people who never seen me; didn’t know me, didn’t walk on my block. But felt the exact same way I did. It let me know I wasn’t alone. See, this therapeutic writings had started to turn into therapeutic listenings. It created a symbiotic relationship where me as an artist, at first, I was writing to help myself. But then I started releasing it and I figured out ‘Wow. This is helping other people.”