Next at the Kennedy Center

When my whole life is filled with "stop, freeze, don't move." Somebody's killing my sisters. And it's going on. And it's going on. And it's going on. Somebody's killing my sisters. And it's going on. And I won't keep silenced anymore. Somebody's killing my people. And it's going on. And it's going on. And it's going on. Somebody's killing my people. And it's going on. And I won't keep silenced anymore. Thank you, thank you. Uh, before I leave I just wanted to let ya'll know my name is E-z-y Ezy Truth, T-r-u-t-h. I'm from here, I'm from the city man, I'm blessed to be, make some noise for D.C. Yea, I live by the shrimp boat, you know what I'm sayin', like I'm from here. You know what I'm sayin', and I'm tryin' put on for my city and the fact that I got accepted into this program, and it means a lot, you know what I'm sayin'. So definitely shout out to the Black Thought Master Class, shout out to The Kennedy Center, shout out to DJ Face because he be rockin' out the whole night. Thank ya'll man, love ya'll. Appreciate ya. (audience cheering and applause). As soon as I got off stage, every one congratulating me like they was like, "I was moved by your performance." "It meant a lot like I could feel what you were sayin'."

JASMINE

Another artist sticking to their vision, sticking to his guns, knowing what he wanted, knowing how he wanted to present himself, understanding how he wanted to brand himself, again listening to all of us and taking in all that feedback but then also just knowing who he was and fighting for that I think was really important.

EZY TRUTH

I felt like that guy, like I felt like, "Ok, yea, like this, is, this is what I get into." Um, and I was just thankful.