In a place with a history and a multicultural identity as deep and as complex as Oklahoma, it’s easy to see the vital intersections of art, outreach, and community activism and how they all work together to support the scene.
But it’s tough to think of anyone in Oklahoma that embodies all of those elements at once more than writer, educator, restaurateur, non-profit leader, and indisputable hip hop heavyweight, Jabee Williams, the OKC-based rapper whose music has helped to lift up the city’s Eastside and whose outreach work and open-book personality have made him a community force across Oklahoma City.
But even after seeing national success with his music, organizing major city festivals, becoming a fixture at public events and at Thunder games, and even being hailed as a world-changer by the legendary Chuck D, Jabee says that his main objective is still just to show up for OKC…