Khafre Jay is a change-maker, a community organizer, a consultant who helps businesses incorporate Hip Hop into their programs, an artist, and the best father ever. Hailing from Hunters Point, San Francisco, and being raised in a city with the highest income inequality in the Nation, Khafre dedicated his adult life to fighting for socioeconomic justice while learning to empower his community's voices — and he primarily does so through Hip Hop organizing. His passions for music, grassroots solutions, and community justice drove him to create the nonprofit Hip Hop For Change in 2013, which started from a clipboard on 24th Street and quickly grew to the world's largest Hip Hop education organization. With Khafre at the helm, Hip Hop For Change employed almost 1000 people in the community, educated over 35 thousand youth K-12 and raised over 8 million dollars through grassroots means and public support. Through his company, Hip Hop For The Future, he produces Drip Fest, a collaboration with Freedom Forward and the Bay Area’s landmark public health Hip Hop event, which embodies our innovative approach. The acronym 'Drip' – Dropping Resources In Place – represents our strategy to deliver crucial resources directly to those in need, inviting allied NGOs to directly access our community and invest in their local public health ecosystem. Khafre Jay's influence extends far beyond his community. He travels the country, sharing his knowledge academically at conferences a universities and leading diversity workshops. His art has taken him to the TEDx stage and allowed him to share the stage with world-class acts such as Rakim, Method Man, Dead Prez, Hieroglyphics, The Pharcyde, Talib Kweli, and many more.
Listed skills include Nonprofits, Public Speaking, Fundraising, Community Outreach, and 42 others.
