Mal 2 – Tonight’s featured performer Mal Jones is much more than than a Hip-Hop performer and educator. He’s a folk artist, too. It’s a family tradition.
Interview 3: Mal Jones
The Art Walk show he created, The Lyricist Live, is a Hip-Hop cypher with a reoccurring theme. Listen to how Mal answers the question whether main stream media has taken over the true message of the genre.
Bio: Mal Jones
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Recording artist, Founder of The Lyricist Live, emcee, award winning Jacksonville Hip-Hop/Folk artist, educator and documentarian Mal Jones hosts The Lyricist Live at downtown vision’s monthly “Jacksonville Artwalk.” A Bronx Born, 23 year resident of Duval County, Mal is a pioneer of the Jacksonville indie Hip-Hop scene and creator of Hip-Hop education based school programs that use hip-hop culture as an educational tool. In 2013 Mal became the first Hip-Hop artist in Florida history labeled a “Folk Artist” by The Florida Folklife Program and Division of Historical Resources for the traditional skill of improvisational freestyle rapping. In addition to hosting a number of Hip-Hop workshops that focus on writing and literacy, Mal runs a state funded apprenticeship program awarded by The Florida Folklife Program that teaches the traditional skill of freestyle rapping. He's currently in his 2nd year of curating the folk apprenticeship program.