Jon Hope

Jon Hope is an acclaimed rapper, entrepreneur, and educator and on this episode, we have a long conversation that delves into all of these. We cover his early years, what he puts into his writing, how he reps Rhode Island, and we spend some time highlighting a couple of tracks from each of the albums he's done. 

Plus, we talk about his new book "Respect Your Passion" and how his Hope Scholars Initiative came about.

Interlude song order:

• Live at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in 2007
• "Better feat. Taktix" from Somekind of Wonderful
• "Sara's Song (The Proclamation)" from Work In Progress 
• "Coffee Milk feat. Buffi" from A Guy Named Harry
• "Dirty Wings feat. Nino & Helena" from Savage Beauty
• "3rd Shift feat. RagzDaArtist" previously unreleased single
• "Winners Story feat. OT The Real" from Hope All Is Well
• "Bluest Moon feat. RagzDaArtist" from Hope All Is Well

// Interview recorded July 8th, 2021 via Zoom
// Intro music by Cedros
// Hosted by James Toomey //

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