{"id":349337,"date":"2021-10-07T00:40:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/common-looking-to-foster-future-chicago-rappers-with-recording-studio-inside-prison\/"},"modified":"2021-10-07T00:40:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T21:40:17","slug":"common-looking-to-foster-future-chicago-rappers-with-recording-studio-inside-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/common-looking-to-foster-future-chicago-rappers-with-recording-studio-inside-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"#Common Looking To Foster Future Chicago Rappers With Recording Studio Inside Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Common Looking To Foster Future Chicago R<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ers With Recording Studio Inside Prison<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2020\/10\/201030-Common-1051x591.jpg\" alt=\"Common Looking To Foster Future Chicago Rappers With Recording Studio Inside Prison\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>John Lamparski\/Getty Images<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<span class=\"location\">Crest Hill, Illinois \u2013 <\/span> Common is one of Hip Hop\u2019s most outspoken rappers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> today, and when it comes to issues like the prison system and how it affects Black lives, the Chicago rapper isn\u2019t one to sit back and watch things unfold.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday (October 5), <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2021\/10\/05\/common-stateville-recording-studio\/\"><em>CBS Chicago<\/em><\/a> reported that Common opened a fully functional recording studio inside Stateville Correctional Center in Cresthill, Illinois. Attorney Ari Williams initially came up with the idea to give the inmates at Stateville an opportunity to tap into their creativity while serving their respective sentences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gentlemen who are incarcerated deserve access to better things in life so that\u2019s why I fight for my city,\u201d Common said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why my heart is always with Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ari Williams added, \u201cI know music brings us all together. I want them to be OK. I want them to do something they\u2019ve love to do. And I know many of them are rappers. They love to rap and they love to sing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/common?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@common<\/a> just unveiled a music studio at the Stateville Correctional Center. Antony Ablan will also teach students how to write songs and produce music in the studio during the first 12-week course. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twill?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twill<\/a> \ud83c\udfb6 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FGGn6fdUGU\">pic.twitter.com\/FGGn6fdUGU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Miletich (@MikeMiletichTV) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeMiletichTV\/status\/1445506210287931403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/common?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@common<\/a> it was amazing to see you today and what <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imaginejustice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#imaginejustice<\/a> is doing for the guys at stateville correctional center. As a counselor there, this meant so much to them for you to inspire change and create an opportunity for them to learn. I cant wait to see it evolve.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamison Perspective (@thejamisonview) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejamisonview\/status\/1445561051601195016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The inmates will learn music production and creation as well as recording in a 12-week course set up by Common\u2019s non-profit organization, Imagine Justice. The program will also benefit the inmates when it comes to their sentences.<\/p>\n<p>According to Alyssa Williams at the Department of Corrections, \u201cEveryday they\u2019re in this program [inmates] earn a day credit off of their sentence, as long as the statute allows for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Common recently visited Ebro Darden on Apple Music 1 for an extensive conversation about his latest album, <em>A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2.<\/em> During the interview, Common spoke on the importance of activism and helping people who can\u2019t get any help elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really about us coming to understand as far as like, yo, if you\u2019re going to speak up for people, the more you get to understand them and know them the more authentic it will be,\u201d Common said. \u201cThe reason why I\u2019m speaking up for a lot of people that\u2019s incarcerated because I\u2019ve been going to those prisons and meeting people. And now I can speak from a whole other perspective, you know? And I still respect if you\u2019re going to speak up. It\u2019s still love. I don\u2019t care if you ain\u2019t been to the hood\u2026 Dig in a little deeper. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/post\/1585400982\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSwedish music producer David Jassy did something similar last year for the inmates at San Quentin State Prison. <em>San Quentin Mixtapes, Vol. 1<\/em> is a collection of songs written and performed by a select number of inmates at San Quentin State Prison that Jassy worked very closely with in the studio he built for them.<\/p>\n<p>In four years, Jassy and a select group of inmates wrote, recorded and produced the entire mixtape. Celebrities and artists like Kim Kardashian West, J. 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