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32 They call him “JP” 38. Prison Reform & BLM 42. Will “Chill” Rinehart 48. Monstaclick ENT & Big Daddy Earl 50. How Derek John heped shake the Madison live “Hip Hop” scene 54. Q&A with rapper Taye Sharkiee 58. The people behind the protests COVER STORY
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14. An old school sound & Community Love 16. Lessons behind the lyrics 20. Mr. James Crawford on the Jessie Crawford Recovery Center 23. Local Rapper Big Fussy talks Madison & Music 28. Jackie Morris... No Turning Back
8. “Breathe” by Fabolous. Released in the early 2000’s, Fab’s lyrics may be slightly different than that of this movement, but the chorus sums up what the African American is fighting for, just being able to breathe. 9. The Entire “BLACK IS KING” Soundtrack. Yes, it’s a movie. But Beyonce’s take on the royalty that is the African American experience is undeniable. It’s a celebration of sorts, from “Brown Skinned Girl” to “Mood4Eva”. Queen B gives us movement music simply by being her own movement. with Annika Leee 62. An interview with Tweet Edd 66. We are just “One Love”... Q&A with Son’s of Funk’s; Rico Crowder 72. What’s resulted from the protests? 10. “Fuck Donald Trump” by YG featuring Nipsey Hussle. When the streets speak, people listen. This selection speaks the truth that the streets feel, that the leader of our country doesn’t necessarily care about all the people in this country. And then having the one of the more prominent voices of this generation (R.I.P. Nip) is like a cherry on top of a revolutionary sundae.
newspapers, or limited excerpts strictly for personal use. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. 6. “SoundOf ThePolice” byKRS-One.Whoop- Whoop!!! This song came out in the mid 90’s, but the feelings are just as relevant today about the criminalization of African Americans. It’s a simple yet honest warning: That’s the sound of the police. That’s the sound of the beast. 7. 5. “Lockdown” by Anderson.Paak. Imagine any on the location reporter giving a play by play account of the ongoings. Paak does just that, describing every thing from being hit with r bber bullets t reaking into Neiman Marcus, this song describes the high tension in just about any d wntown area lately.
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movement Music. The language of the people. It’s morethanloudbassrumblingsthroughelectronic speakers running off of a generator in front of the Capitol. It’s a set of emotions strategically placed within a musical composition that gives listeners a reference on how to deal with their own emotions at this time of civil unrest.
2. “Fuck The Police” by NWA. For those that get nervous when hearing protestors yell “Fuck 12”, don’t worry, it’s nothing new. While NWA recorded the song in the late 80’s, people in the African American community had that feeling for years as a response to decades of police brutality. 3. “I Need You To” by Tobe Nwigwe. Arrest. The cops. That killed. Breonna Taylor. This track is less than a minute long. But it touches the soul from beginning to end, making it a song that stays on repeat. 4. “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar. This song is superdope all the way through, but in terms of it being a theme song for the movement look no further than the first ten seconds, when Lamarr quotes from Oprah in The Color Purple when he paraphrases, “All my life I has to fight…”
With the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmad Arbery and countless others, the people have taken to the streets. Emotions have run high yet the protests have been peaceful. And during it all has come many soundtracks within the quest of justice for all. Here are a few selections that will more than likely be heard, whether in its entirety or as part of chants as words a music to build a movement on. In no particular order: 1. “A Change Gonna Come” by Sam Cook. This particular song was released in the 1960’s but still resonates loudly today. To hear young protesters today sing this song with the same sentiment as folks from the civil rights era prove two things: First, a great song is timeless and secondly, almost sixty years after its release we are still believing that the change is going to come.
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8. “Breathe” by Fabolous. Released in the early 2000’s, Fab’s lyrics may be slightly different than that of this movement, but the chorus sums up what the African American is fighting for, just being able to breathe. 9. The Entire “BLACK IS KING” Soundtrack. Yes, it’s a movie. But Beyonce’s take on the royalty that is the African American experience is undeniable. It’s a celebration of sorts, from “Brown Skinned Girl” to “Mood4Eva”. Queen B gives us movement music simply by being her own movement. 10. “Fuck Donald Trump” by YG featuring Nipsey Hussle. When the streets speak, people listen. This selection speaks the truth that the streets feel, that the leader of our country doesn’t necessarily care about all the people in this country. And then having the one of the more prominent voices of this generation (R.I.P. Nip) is like a cherry on top of a revolutionary sundae. BONUS: “Talk About It” by Rob Dz. Yes, I put my own song on this list. Why? Because with all that is going on, in order for this country to advance it is time to have some uncomfortable conversations. So, let’s talk about it, shall we?
5. “Lockdown” by Anderson.Paak. Imagine any on the location reporter giving a play by play account of the ongoings. Paak does just that, describing every thing from being hit with rubber bullets to breaking into Neiman Marcus, this song describes the high tension in just about any downtown area lately. 6. “SoundOf ThePolice” byKRS-One.Whoop- Whoop!!! This song came out in the mid 90’s, but the feelings are just as relevant today about the criminalization of African Americans. It’s a simple yet honest warning: That’s the sound of the police. That’s the sound of the beast. 7. “I Can’t Breathe” By H.E.R. The biggest question in this song is one of the biggest questions asked during all of this civil unrest: Will any one fight for me? H.E.R. goes in describing the people of a people just wanting to know, will anyone fight for us?
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ormer Badger football player. Vice President of Private Banking. Real Estate Investor. Husband, father of 4, son and friend. All of these titles belong to JeffMack, Jr, but none begin to describe his dedicated, passionate commitment to his family and community. Jeff currently holds seats on boards with United Way, UWAthletics, St. Marys, FCI, and MAYDM - a local nonprofit organization led by Winnie Karanja with a focus on helping girls and students of color find opportunities through STEM and coding. F
ETICS THROUGH Inspiration from VP Jeff Mack, Jr By Liz Astemborski
Even with his extensive and impressive resume, Jeff Mack, Jr is as humble as they come. While he spoke openly about his career with Park Bank and his experiences in football, it was his insightful, loving words about his hometown and public educa- tion that stood out the mostWhen speaking about community and education, he said, “I’m a product of public school. I grew up, went to Frank Alice Elementary School, I went to middle school, then went to West High School. I believe in public school and I believe in making sure that all kids have great opportu- nities and access to those opportunities to succeed. Whether it be health care, making sure kids are feeling good and feeling healthy enough to go to class and learn and take in the informa- tion, giving them the skill set to be able to develop and grow and succeed in life.”
“I believe in public school and I believe in making sure that all kids have great opportunities and access to those opportunities to succeed.” - Jeff Mack Jr.
“Everything that you go through, every experience you deal with is something that’ll make you or break you.” - Jeff Mack Jr.
He says- “I think in adversity, there lies opportunity. These are situations that are unprecedented. These are all things that come out of the blue. And that’s what life is. Life is a mixture of the wicked. What I mean by that is, you think you’ve got a path and then something comes in and just knocks about the box, right? And so you have to figure out how to pivot. You have to figure out how to then alter your course ...So to me, I look at these challenges as opportunities. Now, it’s really hard when you’re in an opportunity or when you’re in that situation of having to deal with adversity..it may not it may not seem like an opportunity at the time, but it truly is. Everything that you go through, every experience you deal with is something that’ll make you or break you. If you are goal-oriented and if you want to succeed in life,you have to take that challenge on and then you have to beat it. You can’t let it break you. “How do you push yourself when no one else will push you? I think it’s easy to have a coach. I think it’s easy to have teammates around you that someone else can be the leader and someone else can say, ‘hey, keep up with me. Hey, you get that extra rep in’. Now you have to do it on your own. I think that’s worth it. I think you’ll get a chance to see who you are and who you can become.”
Mack Jr. credits a lot of his hard work mentality to his athletic upbringing, particularly his time as a Raider, and to his parents. He says, ““I grew up with a dad (Jeff Mack, Sr, also former Badgers player and school football coach) who was very much “stick to a script, do the right things, do them well, move forward in life and always have a plan and a plan B”. I had a mom who was goal- oriented beyond belief. And so those are my two kinds of focuses on goal orientation. I think I’ve always tried to instill that into my kids.” He then went on to give advice to young athletes everywhere who are impacted by virtual schooling and shut downs. While directed to them, his poignant words can easily be directed to any facet of life.
Jeff Mack, Jr is VP of Private Banking at Park Bank. He lives in Madison with his wife Tiffany, and his 4 daughters: Aviel, Kaiya, Elaina, and Samara.
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f you’re looking for an old school rapper bringing new life to the sound, look no further than Anthony Harper. Known as Mr. Gra$$ when he’s performing, Harper is known for bringing passion to everything he does. His formative years helped craft the artist and community leader he has grown into today, and while his lyrics are personal and innovative, his roots can be heard loud and clear through his style. Growing up in the Chicago projects near Stateway Gardens, Anthony Harper had an early love for writing. As early as fourth grade, he was lling notebooks with poems and words, alongside doodles and artistic beginnings.e poems quickly morphed into raps, inspired by music and break dancing he saw in the world around him. “I started practicing rapping and break dancing at home,while my brother played video games or watched wrestling on tv...I was always thinking of new things to write about or make up a skit or little stage play. My mom began to notice I was good at it and she began to buy me things like a double cassette radio with a lot of blank tapes. Mom bought me extra paper and pens because she saw that’s what kept me happy.” While Harper’s musical love continued to bloom, he contended with life in the projects. His father, known as Co ee, was involved in a local gang. Harper spent his teenage years hanging out with childhood friends and found himself getting into a bit of trouble. At the age of 18, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. While he only served 5 years of that sentence, it was here that Harper fully committed to getting out and using music as his way o of the streets. Supported by his friends' belief in him, his venture into music transitioned from a casual hobby to a passionate drive.
While not making music, Harper supports other musicians and his home community of Madison. “I always wanted to be able to hold my own solo, but I really enjoy complimenting other voices and collaborating. I also develop talent. I helped develop Trap Pack JFK and many other Chicago and Madison artists.” Harper uses his connections locally and nationally to help others succeed. He is the owner and founder of Planting Seeds Ent, and strives to make a name for both himself and his kids. He also runs Great Minds on Business and has plans to create a full-edged record company, as well as a community business aimed at developing local talent further. Harper says, “I love working with the youth. I have a passion to teach the youth just as much as I want success for myself. I’d actually rather see the kids make it than me, but I understand that I have to help guide them and show them the way through.” He is an active and positive force in the black community in Madison, championing causes like youth safety, sports, and economic empowerment. From the release of his E.P. “Bout To Go Down” in 2000, to his newest track on YouTube “Kama Sutra One Uh Demangs”, his sound is consistently old school. His SoundCloud releases consistently showcase a smooth, controlled rap game, and tracks like “Shoulda Balled With Tupac” certainly invoke memories of rappers like Coolio and the song’s namesake Tupac Shakur. e last 20 years have helped hone his style, and each new release shows his growth as an artist. We look forward to more contributions from Anthony Harper, aka Mr. Gra$$, to the music world and our community. HARPER’S MUSIC CAN BE FOUND ON YOUTUBE, SOUNDCLOUD, AND DISCOGS.COM. FOLLOW HIS HAPPENINGS ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE: ANTHONY HARPER.
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He stands looking down in the dark parking lot of a used car dealership. A fur-lined hood covers his head and face, bringing attention to his custom diamond necklace. He’s dressed in a t of denim—jacket and jeans—with deep blue sneakers. He moves about the lot and a nearbyalleyway leading up to the line, “I’ve been to jail. I ain’t going back.”The camera pans in slow motion to conclude the music video to the rapper’s latest single, “Krash Course.” King Krash, a Chicago-born rapper, moved to the Madison area after the death of his brother, Pierre “Nitty” Johnson. Krash wanted to leave his past encounters with violence in Chicago for a new beginning and the opportunity to carry his brother’s memory. Krash’s music career began at the age of nine, when he started making beats on a keyboard from his father. He knew he wanted to put lyrics to his beats but couldn’t nd anyone to produce the music. So he started making them himself. “People were telling me that I was good, but I didn’t really believe them,” Krash said. “More people started asking me to perform, so I just started doing it more.”
The upcoming rapper’s career accelerated in 2011, when a friend challenged him to a rap battle. Krash accepted and won. His Youtube videos began gaining more popularity as he won consecutive battles. While he started noticing his talent for himself, that’s not the focus the artist wants for his music. “Yeah, that’s the look, but it’s not about that,” he said. “I’m like a messenger.” Krash says he wants to use his talent to motivate and encourage people within the Black community, especially during the steady enthusiasm around the Black Lives Matter Movement. “I try to work internally, lifting people up the best I can, since I’ve been through a lot.”
When he was 19, the rapper became an amputee after a motorcycle accident severely injured his leg. “I was just hanging around and involved with all the wrong people. I was only in that situation because of that.” Krash also served multiple sentences in jail for unlawful possession of a weapon. He said these reasons are why there’s emotion around the line, “I’ve been to jail. I ain’t going back.” Krash says he wants to bring value from his past experiencesand help others grow from them. “I want to be a motivational speaker through my music,” he said. “Music is powerful.” “I want to be a motivational speaker through my music... Music is powerful.” -KING KRASH
His lyrics often speak of learning from mistakes and growing from trauma. He talks openly about his experiences and says he wants listeners not to glorify them but to learn from them through his lessons. “I really don’t want people paying attention to the wrong actions and focusing on the wrong parts. Instead, I want them learning from my experiences,” he said. He hopes his in uence will spread beyond his lyrics. When asked if he’s had any involvement in recent protests surrounding police brutality and racial injustice, Krash said he’s been taking a di erent approach to inciting reform. “If I can reach the minds and hearts of the young Black audience, I can help them in a whole di erent way,” he said. “I want to make neighborhoods better.”The 30-year-old often volunteers at after-school programs to mentor young students recently released from prison. “That’s what success means to me. That’s how I want my music to work.”
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r. James Crawford on the Jessie Crawford Recovery Center MR. JAMES CRAWFORD JESSIE CRAWFORD ON THE RECOVERY CENTER M When James Crawford started the Jessie Crawford Recovery Center in Madison, he had no idea what it would soon grow to be. A sober living, case management, and addiction treatment facility, it also has the unique distinction of being the only minority owned and oper- ated facility in the region that oers treatment, housing, and counseling for people trying to make a positive change. How JCRC Came To Be e Jessie Crawford Recovery Center was not built overnight. Instead, it grew slowly over time out of a desire to oer services that were not readily available in the Madison area. When asked about why he chose to found the Jessie Crawford Recovery center, he reects, “I was associate director of a treatment agency in Madi- son that provided residential, half way, and ¾ housing and I saw people still had diculty nding a safe sober place in the community when they were done. At the time, the treatment agency wasn't interested in sober living houses. So, in 2012 I started the recovery center. It started small with 3 beds and demand just grew. Today we have more than 160 beds. We then found that there was such a need for housing that we needed more care oerings as well, like substance abuse treatment. In 2013, we opened a clinic to oer treatments and continued to grow. Now, our center oers housing as well as outpa- tient, intensive outpatient and day treatment services. e Jessie Crawford Recovery center is named in honor of Mr. Crawford’s mother, herself a recovered addict. e name brings both a personal signi cance to the project, but also serves as a symbol of hope and a sign that long term recovery is attainable.
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e Center Now With many years of continued growth, what started as one rented home has now expanded to provide 130 beds throughout Dane county, and an additional 30 beds in Rock. Beyond sober living services, e Jessie Crawford Recovery Center oers intensive outpatient and outpatient services along with group therapy to provide an in depth support system. JCRC also oers family therapy and family education classes as an important part of the process. e recovery should include the family because it aects all,” says Mr. Crawford. “We try to get the family reunited and work out issues. A large part is educating on the disease of addiction. It really is a brain disease, it’s not able to just
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quit without help. When the family understands that, they become an important part of the process.” Community Impact To the community around the Jessie Crawford Recovery Center, so much more is provided than simply addiction treatment. Support systems are created for those that need it most. Whether recovering from addiction or coming out of incarceration, JCRC provides safe, transitional housing for all of those who need it most. e sober living facilities are located throughout the area, providing locations near jobs and along the bus line to further support the individual. A few facilities have on-site managers, while most bene t from recovery coach and peer specialist check ins and support. With a diverse clientele from all walks of life, JCRC is a minority facility that goes above the scope, helps those in need, and truly serves the entire community.
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L: What brought you from Milwaukee to Madison? B: My mom and dad, they decided to move to Madison because Milwaukee was like it still is- too hectic. It’s like Milwaukee’s almost like if you wanted to compare it, it’s almost like a smaller Chicago. It’s a lot of violence, a lot of crime activity, a lot of robberies, a lot of boarded up houses, a lot of drug activity. They moved us to Madison to get us away from that, basically for like a second chance. L: What’s your rap style like? B: So I’m more like a mixture. If you describe my rap, it’s more like a street street storyteller, almost, you know what I mean. I try to get what I’m speaking to get you to understand the life that I’m living in, where I’m coming from, where I’ve been and where I plan on going.
Big Fussy is a local, young rap artist in the Madison community
“Madison is more open. You know, it’s more like a free for all in Madison. You can definitely accomplish more out here.” − Big Fussy
L: Let’s talk a little bit about the differences in community between Milwaukee and Madison, kind of what impacts you differently between those two areas and where you grew up versus where you ended up? B: Milwaukee is segregated. You got the different sides of towns like you would in any city, but Milwaukee is more segregated, like a lot of a lot of black people kind of stick to the black people White people, we didn’t never really see like that in Milwaukee. They don’t go where we are from so we barely see them. It’s like one of the most segregated cities there is. Madison is not really like that. Madison is more open. You know, it’s more like a free for all in Madison. You can definitely accomplish more out here.
L: What else should we know about you? B: I’m real humble, I’m laid back. A lot of people see some of my videos and they think I’m cocky. You could come up to me, shake my hand, you could talk to me. You know what I mean? ‘m really doing it for my family. I’m trying to show my family something different. L: Where are you at in your career currently? I’ve got over 20 videos on YouTube. Another video I’m about to shoot and a couple of recording sessions lined up. So basically, it’s like I started out taking it. It was more like a hobby at first, but now I’m taking it seriously,I’m in the process of getting all of my music registered. That way it can be distributed on all the major platforms. L:Howis theBlackLivesMattermovement impacting your community in Madison? B: The Black Lives Matter stuff, it’s like we’ve been dealing with that for 400 years. I’m surprised we are still going through that kind of stuff. That’s just showing you that people aren’t tolerating it as a race no more. You know, it’s more of a demand. Now, not we’re not asking nicely for respect and equality and stuff like that that we deserve. We demand it now. L: Do your feelings reflect in your music? B: I’ll try to talk about my life, but I try to stay away from the more touchy subjects.If I had the choice, I’d rather put out some music that I know everybody is going to love.
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No Turning Back
“" I didn’t want to go back. I didn’t want to be 50 years old with nothing.” This was the realization that pushed the 49-year-old to move forward into a completely new stage of his life. Since he was 21, Jackie Morris had been to prison nine times. Morris, alsoknownas“JackieBoDean,”moved to Madison when he was 16 and attended West High School. But his younger years were filled with troubles that would lead to later lessons. He started drinking at age 13, and those habits grew into him doing drugs well into his 20’s. His choices often left him without permanent housing, and he found himself sleeping in hallways or in various shelters. The times he was arrested often made him contemplate his decisions and lifestyle. While serving one of his sentences, he decided to work to receive his high school diploma. “I was sitting up in prison thinking, ‘I’ve got to do better for myself,’” Morris said. “I didn’t want to be a statistic.” When he was released from prison, Morris moved in with his sister and got a job at Hardy’s. “It was a humble job, but I knew I needed something,” he said, knowing he had to stay sober. He later worked as a housekeeper at a hotel for two years. It was while he was working in this position that he met someone who would help him change his life even more. It was Michael Johnson, CEO of the Dane County Boys and Girls Club. “I met Michael Johnson through my uncle, who works for him. But he really helped set my life on a much better course,” Morris said. Johnson later helped him get a job at UW Hospital, where he’s been working for four years cleaning and reprocessing equipment. He continued his mentorship under Johnson and began learning about more of the drive that pushed him to be a consistent servant in
the community. “I was just watching Michael and how involved he is in the community, and I loved seeing his passion,” Morris said. He began following this passion and dedicated his time to also helping the community however possible. When Johnson one day asked Morris to pick up some food to distribute to a local organization, Morris knew this was a way he wanted to assist those around him. He soon started distributing food throughout the community every week. “I lost a lot of years doing wrong and bad things, but now I felt it was time for me to give back to the community,” he said. In 2016, Morris furthered this decision when he partnered with Johnson and others within the Madison community to found the Focus Interruption Coalition. The organization responds to violence in the streets and offers support and mentorship to those involved in the altercations. “It was just all of the violence. There seemed like there was no stopping it, so we wanted to get some people together to help change that.” Since its founding, the organization has gained support and respect from local police and is now placing more of a focus on mentoring youth. “I just have a love for this community and the people in it, and I want to see others make good decisions,” Morris said. In addition to working on the coalition, Morris is actively pursuing a career as the CEO of a wholesale company. He wants to sell affordable clothes and other merchandise to the people of Madison. “That’s a dream of mine. I know if I believe in myself like I have to get this far, I can definitely get there.” “I’ve got to do better statistic.“ for myself, I didn’t want to be a
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608 Magazine Jenna Moore 9.11.2020 In 2017, partnering with Aaron Perry, Patterson and Perry established the Men’s Health Education Center located in the shop. Making National News, this educational center offers hands-on experience for Edgewood College’s nursing students and is supported by Dane County Public Health. They CALL JP Him Jeff Patterson J eff Patterson, better known in the community as JP, was born in North Chicago in 1971.Learning the trade fromhis grandfather, JP knew he wanted to become a barber from early on in his life. “There were always clippers around and plenty of friends and family members to practice on growing up,” he says. After graduating from college in 1994, JP moved to the 608. Four years later, he opened JP Hair Design, a full-service barbershop, in May of 1998. An influential member of the 608 community for over 20 years, JP gives back in so many ways and is an exceptional example of what it means to be an instrumental member of the community. In addition to teaching classes at Madison College, Mr. Patterson has served on the state C osmetology Examining Board and has also been Chairman to the state Barbering Advisory Committee. Coaching community teams, offering free haircuts, mentoring apprentices in the shop, and creating the Back to School Event, which has been serving the community with back-to-school haircuts for over ten years. JP began teaching Barber and Cosmetology Apprenticeship Theory at Madison College in 2010- 2011. In 2016, he joined the Barber and Cosmetology ProgramatMadisonCollegewhere he currently teaches Men’s Haircutting, State Laws, Sales and Marketing, and Business Management.
When asked what he loves most about the 608 community? JP responded, “The Diversity. In the shop alone, we have barbers of all colors that come from diverse backgrounds. While we have had some struggles in the community recently, we are still a strong, diverse community. I feel safe. When people ask me where I am from... I claim Madison to be my home, but when I am in Madison and people ask me where I am from… I claim North Chicago/ Waukegan Illinois. I am grateful for the footprint that I have been able to leave on the 608 community.”
“...we have barbers of all colors that come from diverse backgrounds” - Jeff Patterson
(Mr. Patterson teaches a student fromMadison College techniques in one of his classes.)
Adding to his role as mentor and leader in the 608 community, JP wanted to shine some light on his mentor, Taylor “Smitty’ Smith and his long-time friend, Spencer Johnson. “Taylor “Smitty” Smith was the first black barber in Madison, Wisconsin. Smitty paved the way for all of the barbers inMadison. I was blessed to be able to work with Smittyfrom 1996-1998. I learned the true definition of a humble barber. Smitty never talked about money or how many clients he had. Smitty talked about servicing the community and making the community better. Smitty passed in January of 2016 and in his honor JP Hair Design has created a Scholarship in Smitty’s name. The scholarship will pay for an individual to attend Madison College Apprenticeship Program. The scholarship pays for tuition, barber equipment and permit fees.” - JP, Owner of JP Hair Design JP is a true leader and supporter for bettering the community rather than competing. Working as a business consultant, JP helps other shops in the 608 community prepare for state board exams, shares his business knowledge with best management practices and other tricks of the trade. By supporting his fellow barbers and apprentices, JP has enriched the 608 community with his philanthropy. “Spencer and I played football together in 1992 at UW- Whitewater and has worked with me for 21 years at JP Hair Design. It would not be right to not give big ups to my guy for branching out on his own and opening Barber Shop Studio in August. Spencer Johnson has been an influential member of the JP Hair Design family and I wish him the best in all of his future endeavors.” - JP, Owner of JP Hair Design JP Hair Design has been awarded the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Award in 2018 for Small Business Leadership and the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s 59th Annual Award in 2011 Featured Business.
“...we have barbers of all colors that come from diverse backgrounds” - Jeff Patterson
Visit: https://youtu.be/P6KCek81Xzw For more accolades/awards visit: https://madisonbarbershop.com/awards/
When asked how the recent pandemic has affected business, JP explained that business has not only slowed down drastically but now with the additional cleaning practices needed to keep his clients and the community safe, fewer clients can be scheduled throughout the day because more time is required to disinfect the area. A once full barbershop, now only admits one client per barber. No waiting in the shop. For safety. Clients are able to wait outside or in their vehicles until the barber has an open chair. “Yes, there are a combination of factors that have negatively affected my business: 1. With more people working from home, we have less workers coming into the shop because they are not being seen by the public as much. 2. People are saving because they have less money. 3. People are avoiding the risk of contracting Covid-19 by staying and self-isolating. 4. In order to keep our clients and community safe, we have increased service times to better disinfect the working stations. This added time lessens the number of clients that can be seen per day, which directly affects business.” - JP, Owner of JP Hair Design
A top priority of JP Hair Design is keeping everyone as safe as possible! In response to the pandemic, JP Hair Design has made the following modifications:
– Added plexiglass between each station. – Cleaned and/or disinfected all surfaces and implements.
– Added all new capes, new towels, and linens. – Removed any non-essential items throughout our business. – Appropriate personal protective equipment to be used at all times. – Retrained our staff on essential infection control and hand hygiene practices.
*Only 1 client per barber at a time in the shop. Feel free to ask any of us at any time about all that we do to provide for your safety.” - JP Hair Design Barber Family
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SHOP HOURS: Sunday & Monday CLOSED Tuesday 7am-6pm Wednesday 7am-6pm Thursday 7am-6pm Friday 7am-6pm Saturday 7am-4pm
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Our lives’ paths are often created not out of youthful intention, but shaped by life experiences and laid out as we go. We use our backgrounds and our collective awareness to forge a way ahead, and hopefully leave our community a little bit better than we found it. Jerome Dillard, State Director of EX- Incarcerated People Organizing (EXPO), found his as a result of a tumultuous youth. “I was a hustler. I grew up around hustlers, and that was my norm. Having an opportunity to take the time to change my life and think differently and live
differently was a process for me in my first five years out (of prison). After that, I started volunteering to educate the community around mass incarceration and the impact that it was having.” Mr. Dillard talks openly about how his experiences shaped his world view. “What would impact on me was the number of young, predominantly African-American men coming into that prison. At the time, it was the mid-80s, right in the height of the war on drugs and tough on crime. I witnessed busload after busload of young men coming in with 20, 30, 40 years for drugs.”
“Some of them were merely lookouts... There’s been a lot of young men who I talked to and spent time with in the federal prison in Minnesota. And just hearing their stories, I just felt that this is a form of genocide. They were charged under the RICO Act, something that was put together for the Mafia. But the fact is, it really devastated our community and took all the big brothers and the uncles and fathers and men. The children were coming into our prison and it felt like a genocide to me. I just felt that I need to make a difference in my community, and so that was my mission.”
Dillard has since spent the last 20 years working directly with the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated population of Wisconsin. He served with the Madison Area Urban Ministry as a re-entry specialist, focusing on helping ease the adjustment back into civilian populations. This experience led him to spend 9 years as President of Voices Beyond Bars, a group of formerly-incarcerated individuals designed for support and to provide direct services to those in need of housing, employment, treatment, and transportation after completing sentences. “I just felt that I need to make a difference in my community, and so that was my mission.” - Jerome Dillard
Both EXPO and Mr. Dillard had the opportunity to take part in the Black Lives Matter protests happening in Kenosha. Speaking about the BLMmovement as a whole, he says “I feel that it’s a crucial time in our nation with all who have been speaking out about Black Equality. The criminal justice system has long been used to disrupt families. To ostracize individuals with criminal convictions... it lines up with what we’re doing because of the racial disparities within our criminal justice system, especially here in Wisconsin, where we make up eight percent of the population but still are 40 percent of the prison population, which has been for a very long time. Wisconsin is rated one of the highest per capita incarceration rates of African-Americans in the country.” Mr. Dillard went on to speak about the disparities
in educational opportunities and equality throughout the state, advocating for now to be a time of change. Mr. Dillard is quick to point out that the fight for prison and sentence reform is not a battle for men alone. EXPO formed FREE to address the unique issues of women who have experienced incarceration. He notes “Women are the fastest growing population right now in our criminal justice system. So what we did was started what we call the FREE campaign, a female wing of our team of experts statewide. We have hired several women to be organizers and advocates on behalf of women in the state who have been impacted by the criminal injustice system. We use criminal injustice because there’s no justice there.”
“I feel that it’s a crucial time in our nation with all who have been speaking out about Black Equality.” - Jerome Dillard
Those interested in learning more about the cause can catch Dillard on the radio. EXPO Radio show Highlights the issues and the work being done by EXPO around the state. Guests range from political experts to EXPO members. The show runs weekly and can be heard on Riverwest Radio, found on the internet, or caught on EXPO hour on WORT 89.9fmMadison every 4th Wednesday of month. Send letter for involvement to: EXPO of Wisconsin PO BOX 259654 Madison, WI 53725, or visit them online at expowisconsin.org
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“ C H I L L ” WRin illehart
more commonly known as “Chill”, owner of radio host and owner of Come Clean Empire, is a powerhouse modul in the Madison entertainment industry. His work has partnered him with major record labels and entertainers in the hip hop community both locally and around the globe. We sat down to talk with him about his career, what’s on the horizon, and his vision for the Madison music scene. WillRinehart,
Liz: Tell me a little bit about your life and how you got started. Chill: I grew up in the Morgan Park area of Chicago in a musically inclined family. My father was a great jazz musician named Willie Jones. My mother was a jazz pianist. They were in the business for like 40 years.Taught me a lot about the music and about business. I then went and I did a lot of schooling in music and business, was involved in the Chicago Children’s Choir I was involved in all sorts of singing competitions three times state champion. As far as the business itself, I began actually as a concert promoter. That’s where I really got knee- deep into working with different managers from different places across the world, and different genres of music. I went away to the military in the Marine Corps, and I still did promotions while in the Marine Corps. Different clubs and stuff like that where the base was. When I got out, I ended up moving over to work in
Wisconsin...because I had a few buddies of mine in Wisconsin, one by the name of Rick Robertson. At that time, he managed Bone Thugs N Harmony -did management purely for Bizzy. I took my promotional skills and I started pushing out different acts in the Madison area- bringing them down, promoting different independent artists. I then went to Rick at the time and he asked me how would I feel about working more closely with him on a major level? So of course I said yes. And then I started working with him and I started getting a lot of different connections in the business and started doing a lot of traveling. That’s where I got deeper into saying, OK, I need to start doing management, running an entertainment entity as a whole. I was one of the pioneers back in the day with Gary Knowledge and a few of the other promoters out there in Madison. I veered away because I wanted to expand my horizons. So I started to set up in different markets around the country and overseas. I created Come Clean Entertainment, which actually is an acronym. L: And what does that stand for? C: CreatingOther Methods, EmpoweringChildren, LearningEveryAvenueNecessary. We went on and started working with a lot of people in the community, with the kids and with other entities, just trying to bring more of an industry to Wisconsin, bringing more of an overall sense of real musical family down here. L: Tell me about “Talk it Out” C: I have this segment called Talk about Tuesdays, but now it’s being called “Talk It Out”. We just changed it recently. It is a platform for independent artists as well as major artists, actors, activists, anyone with a message to come on there and push it and promote it through our platform, via the music or whatever it is. It will now be a 30 minute show, 5 days a week. As of October 17, we’ll be on Roku. As of October 6th, we are syndicating through CaribVision TV Network, which is broadcasted through all of the islands in the Caribbean.
A rtists need to take it more seriously - instead of it being a hobby, they need to look at it more as a business. “ ”
L: How did that come about? C: “Talk It Out Tuesday” was a concept that I came up with because of COVID. People couldn’t perform their music, they were limited as far as what they could do, how they could do it. What ended up happening is that it caught the attention of a lot of major artists because of my affiliation already with Jaz-O the Originator (Jay-Z Mentor) as his manager. I began to get different artists that came aboard and were really interested in interviewing. It’s mostly been a lot of music. I want to get more into business and politics, things of that nature. On this show, it’s myself and then I have three deejays that co-host the show DJ Double L out of Chicago, DJ Disspare out of Winnipeg, Canada and DJ K Twist. Who runs our team out in Africa. The rest of the “Come Clean Takeover Radio” show consists of my DJs, all of them doing their own thing, bringing and promoting and pushing artists from different parts of their world. Along with playing the mainstream music, you’ll bring in a couple of independents and put them into the mix so that they can be heard and they can get that exposure. L: Let’s chat a little bit about the Madison community. C: Our market has a huge opportunity to become an actual industry of its own. What needs to be done is that on a local level, we need to really buckle down and focus on education. With these people, with artists, with writers, with anyone involved in the industry itself, on any level, whether it be TV, music, whatever it is, whatever genre it is. We just need to have more seminars, more education. Artists need to take it more seriously - instead of it being a hobby, they need to look at it more as a business. In a business, you have to have a budget. And know where you’re going to place that budget and the purpose behind it, you know, so that other people can take you seriously outside of Madison. And you can go and help. Bring the industry to the 608, which is in essence my whole goal. Everyone wants to move out of the 608 to go and pursue the dream. But my whole thing is, why move? Why move?If everybody is moving we will never have nothing here. So why move? I was offered to move out to New York. Of course, it would be a lot easier. But I didn’t take it. And a lot of people are like why? And I look at them and I say, so that we can have life here. Why not bring the knowledge and the wisdom that I learned from other markets here and implement it properly so that we can start doing our own thing here, we can become our own powerhouse. I want it where we can say Madison and they will say, Yeah, I know about Madison. New York really got its name because of the music, then everybody wanted to go to New York to pursue their dreams. L.A., same thing, all of that. Why can’t Madison do the same thing?
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