Jim Crow the Musical

In a January 20, 2020 interview with Rolling Out, Add-2 says the following about his inspiration and creative process behind the project:

“I wanted to be very intentional about every word, every song, every skit. I wanted to capture my experience of being Black in America. Honestly, I wanted to capture the joy, pain, triumph, anger, truth and trauma. I would listen to speeches from Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Minister [Louis] Farrakhan, interviews with Fannie Lou Hamer and James Baldwin, [watch] films from Spike Lee, and I had them on repeat. I made sure my message wouldn’t be lost. I wanted to celebrate us.”

In the same interview, here is Add-2’s response to why he named the project Jim Crow: The Musical:

“I wanted to draw parallels between what was going on today and what was going on during the 1800s and 1900s. During the Jim Crow era, the horrible treatment of Black people was obvious whereas now it is more subtle. I want to make people more aware of our struggle and how we are still very much connected to the experiences of our ancestors.”