This week we talk with The IZM, a New Jersey-based author, producer, songwriter, and emcee. The IZM talks about his process, performance practice, subverting the mainstream, and being black and gay in the world of hip hop.

Bonus Tracks after the interview - "Entrapped" by Gwen Laster - text by Poet Gold, performed by New Muse 4tet (Gwen Laster, Hsinwei Chiang violins, Melanie Dyer viola, Alex Waterman-cello).

Helpful links to support the current protest against police brutality towards the black community.


Aboriginal Legal Services (Australia) https://www.alsnswact.org.au/donate /
https://vals.org.au/volunteers/get-involved/donate-vals/
ACLU https://www.aclu.org/
AIME (Australia) https://aimementoring.com/about
Amadeu Antonio Stiftung (Germany) https://www.amadeu-antonio-stiftung.de/
Anti Police-Terror Project http://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/
Bail Project https://bailproject.org
Belly Mujinga Fund (UK) https://www.gofundme.com/f/rip-belly-mujinga
Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com/
Black Mama's Bail Out https://nationalbailout.org/black-mamas-bail-out/
Black Visions Collective https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
The Black Curriculum (UK) https://www.theblackcurriculum.com/
B.L.A.M (UK) https://blamcharity.com/donate/
Campaign Zero https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en La Lucha
https://ctul.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=1
Color of Change https://colorofchange.org/
The Dream Corps https://www.thedreamcorps.org/
Divine Natural Ancestry https://www.divinenaturalancestry.com/reparationsdonations
Equal Justice Initiative https://eji.org/
Embrace Race https://www.embracerace.org/ (for children)
Headwaters Foundation https://headwatersfoundation.org/
Innocence Project https://www.innocenceproject.org/
Integrated Schools https://integratedschools.org
Know Your Rights Camp https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/
Little Earth Residents Association https://littleearth.org/impact
The Marshall Project https://www.themarshallproject.org/
Minnesota Freedom Fund https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate
Minnesota Youth Collective https://secure.actblue.com/donate/minnesotayouthcollective
Movement for Black Lives https://m4bl.org/
NAACP https://naacp.org/campaigns/we-are-done-dying/
National Bail Out http://nationalbailout.org/
National Memorial Family Fund (UK) https://www.memorialfamilyfund.org.uk/
Official George Floyd Memorial Fund https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
Reclaim The Block https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home
Reform Alliance https://reformalliance.com/
Sony Foundation (Australia) https://www.sonyfoundation.org/general-donation
Southside Harm Reduction  http://www.southsideharmreduction.org/
StopWatch (UK) www.stop-watch.org
Transgender Law Center in Memory of Tony McDade https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
Twin Cities DSA https://twincitiesdsa.org/join/
Unicorn Riot https://unicornriot.ninja/
Voices for Racial Justice https://voicesforracialjustice.org/
We Can’t Breathe https://www.wecantbreathenational.org/
Women for Political Change Mutual Aid Fund https://www.womenforpoliticalchange.org/mutual-aid