Behind the video: The Dream Reborn

Nowadays, it seems like every rap artist claims that they are representing for the hood, but few of them are present in the community when they are needed the most. Today, black male unemployment numbers are comparable to the Great Depression of the early 1930s. Droughts, heat waves, poor air quality, floods, higher prices for basic necessities, and other challenges of climate change have a disproportional impact on people of color and low-income communities. Our country is on the verge of a clean-energy revolution, but the million dollar question is: Will the ghettos of America share the benefits of the emerging green economy? Bay Area born and raised emcee, Markese Bryant, is here to ensure that the voice of the Hip-Hop generation is heard loud and clear during the climate-change discussion. The solution to black on black crime is black on black employment says the 25-year-old rapper. My mission as an artist is to create hit records real records and green jobs for my community. Ive watched too many of my childhood friends morph from being inspiring and talented individuals to drug dealers, murderers, convicts and murder victims. We need a first chance. Markese grew up on the streets of East Oakland, where drugs continue to run rampant and living-wage job opportunities are little to none. At the age of four, Markese fell in love with Hip-Hop music when he first heard, Life is Too Short by Too Short. Too Shorts music became the backdrop of my life. In 1990 at the age of …