BREAKTHROUGH | BMCC | UMLA | RHYME

R.H.Y.M.E Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel returns to BMCC in collaboration with the BMCC Counseling Department and UMLA, The Urban Male Leadership Academy for Healing Through The Creative Arts. "Breakthrough" is an original song written and produced by BMCC students and recorded at the Department of Education Arts Hub Music Studio. The music video was shot by Eric Mason with assistance by Sydney Tirado - Thrive Collective Barnabas Fellow. The Cover art was designed by Arianna Mason, Thrive Collective Barnabas fellow with assistance from Marissa Molina, Thrive Collective Creative Arts Director. Writers include Jian Majdanski, Tristen Kranwinkel, Monique Hugee, Sybil Young, Jacob Hughes, Judy Hampth, Nathalia Torres, and Baz Diaby. Students explored Hip Hop and the creative arts as an alternative to traditional talk therapy twice a week for 10 weeks as they worked collaboratively to produce an original song, cover art and music video based on the theme "Freedom".  Healing Through The Creative Arts was led by R.H.Y.M.E teaching artists JSWISS, Caleb Giles and BMCC student Baz Diaby - who participated in previous BMCC Rhyme semesters as a student and now as a paid intern- a journey that highlights his own breakthrough as an artist.