1st label in 🇺🇸 for musicians in prison & formerly incarcerated. Est. 2013 as Die Jim Crow. Latest: Lifers Groove Up next: SIGS on Seeley Street
New York, NY
Joined January 2014
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We may never be free.
We can always be FREER.
Welcome a new era. (Yeah... WE CHANGED OUR NAME!) freerrecords.com/news/we-cha…
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The Prison and Justice Writing program congratulates PEN America Prison Writing Award-winning poet Spoon Jackson on his album, "No Moon," with @FREER_Records!
RSVP for the release party tomorrow, Sat 4/20, in New York City. Spoons plans to call in at 8pm! eventbrite.com/e/spoon-jacks…
Thank you so much!! All the love 🙌💜🔥🎶✊
Congrats to @DieJimCrow on a very moving 10th anniversary celebration at @Roulette_NYC (a 2023 Organization Fund grantee) on Saturday!
A past New Music Capacity Building program recipient (the program on which New Music In is based), Die Jim Crow Records is the first record label in the U.S. for formerly and currently incarcerated musicians. Their mission is to provide artists with a high-quality platform for their voices to be heard.
You can check out their work by visiting: diejimcrow.com/
#WeAreNewMusic
Thank you so much Five! Big love ✊💜🔥💯
"I've had the honor of watching a student from the nation's most powerful student group "SAMI" build & grow this project into fruition to support those directly impacted-Please Donate & support
@DieJimCrow "DJCX: Ten Years of Die Jim Crow" eventbrite.com/e/djcx-ten-ye… @Eventbrite
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Unschuldig verurteilt - mein Feature über "Exonerated" in den USA:
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@DieJimCrow #prison #USA #exonerated #Gefaengnis #innocentproject @DLF
Musical motivation ✊🎤⚡️we created a mixtape for @dublab featuring epic hip hop, R&B, soul, as well as messages aka “audio kites” from some of our artists still inside the United States’ prison system. Listen here dublab.com/archive/die-jim-c…
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Did You Know: 84% of prisons in the U.S. require books come from “approved vendors” which rarely include independent bookstores and always deny free books.
#PrisonBannedBooksWeek #BooksNotBans (5/x)
FREER Records retweeted
Mr. Melvins has new music out, take a listen.
Maxwell Melvins our Senior Advisor founded hip hop ensemble LIFERS GROUP while serving a life sentence in New Jersey. They were nominated for a Grammy in 1992 (lost to Madonna 🙄) more about Maxwell's legendary life, music & incarceration in this mini-doc: m.youtube.com/watch?v=WqUHe7…
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Carceral censorship is the most pervasive form of information suppression in the USA.
Join us for a report release event from 6-9pm ET on October 26th @efaprojectspace in NYC — featuring music from currently incarcerated musicians on @DieJimCrow Records eventbrite.com/e/reading-bet…
Thank you for sharing our artist Leon Benson’s remarkable story of creative resilience ✊🔥💫
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Thank you for spreading the love 🙌
please help bring Mark Springer home:: thank you @DieJimCrow for bringing this to our attention chng.it/LrGmt2KvMY
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please help bring Mark Springer home:: thank you @DieJimCrow for bringing this to our attention chng.it/LrGmt2KvMY
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Love seeing this collab between our previous Guest Editor @dublab & @NewMusicUSA's grantee @DieJimCrow! 🙌
Mixtape drop 💣🔥We were honored to put together a mix for @dublab featuring explosive Hip Hop, Soul and R&B songs from our prison-impacted artists✊as well as messages “audio-kites” from inside prison 🎤🎶this is an epic listening experience dublab.com/archive/die-jim-c…
Artist + musician Mark Springer has been an integral part of our growth from the beginning. His powerful lyrics & art inspire us. Mark has served 35 years in Ohio prison. He deserves clemency & to continue his work in the free world. Please sign + share 🖤change.org/p/support-rehabil…
“Bigotry is cured by exposure.” Thank you @MauriceChammah and @MarshallProj for this incredible deep dive into the artistry behind prison bars & rich creative history of prison music 🎙✊DJC Records is honored to be a part 🔥 themarshallproject.org/2023/…
Mixtape drop 💣🔥We were honored to put together a mix for @dublab featuring explosive Hip Hop, Soul and R&B songs from our prison-impacted artists✊as well as messages “audio-kites” from inside prison 🎤🎶this is an epic listening experience dublab.com/archive/die-jim-c…
Incredible writing from journalist @oliviariggio97 on one man’s quest for justice, music, freedom of expression & the community he built along the journey 🎤🙌🔥
Probably about to leave this creepy app but first I'd like to share my latest with @theprogressive:
progressive.org/latest/told-…
Thank you to @448_el and @DieJimCrow for so graciously sharing your story and art.
#wrongfullyconvicted #diejimcrow #music
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Leon Benson spent twenty-five years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit; while in solitary, he clandestinely recorded an album as a message to the outside world.
@oliviariggio97 @DieJimCrow @448_el
#racism #incarceration #music
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