"Instead of Gucci and always being real clean cut, I'm Home Depot with my tool belt, rollin my sleeves up."
Dee Jay Doc is a hip-hop artist, youth cultivator and founder of the Refresh Collective (refreshcollective.org). Voted one of Cleveland’s 30 Most Interesting People in 2017 by Cleveland Magazine he uses hip-hop to increase health and neighborhood vitality. In his 30 years as a hip-hop artist, he has performed hundreds of shows and helped over 10,000 students write, record and perform their own songs. He created the Fresh Camp neighborhood summer hip-hop program in 2011 in his own neighborhood of Glenville in Cleveland, Ohio. Now, it has grown into Refresh Collective, an arts and youth development non-profit organization serving students in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Although, this work started in his home, he has opened educational recording studio spaces for aspiring young artists in schools, hospitals, drug rehab centers as well as community centers. He architects hip-hop programs and empowers the next generation of leaders to do the same.
LATEST RELEASE
Trust Belt City
These songs were written alongside students and neighbors in my journey to refresh the city.
TRACKLIST
Garbage in the Trash
Trust Belt City
Breathe Fresh Best Days Silent Killer I Pray Two Points of View Behind Walls