Members

Jeb Middlebrook

Jus Rhyme was born and raised in Minnesota and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Jus is a Ph.D. student at the University of Southern California in American Studies & Ethnicity, with a focus in Whiteness Studies, Social Movement History, and Popular Culture.

From 2000-2003, Jus coordinated over 20 community events in the Minneapolis metro area with the Hip-Hop Co-op, and is responsible for helping to raise almost $20,000 for youth programming and community development. Since 2003, he has worked as a hip-hop activist facilitating anti-racist, hip-hop workshops and performances around the U.S. for the hip-hop groups, E.B.T.B. and AR-15.

Jus has a Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies from the University of Minnesota, a Masters Degree in American Studies & Ethnicity from the University of Southern California, and is a graduate of AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps, the People’s Institute “Undoing Racism” workshop, and the Challenging White Supremacy “Workshop as a Lab”. His favorite Hip-Hop group is dead prez.

Trevor Wysling

Trevor Wysling aka Raw Potential grew up in Washington State and now lives in Los Angeles, California. A student of hip-hop, Raw is a championship performance poet, and has represented strongly at four of the biggest hip-hop battles in the Bay Area.

He co-facilitated the “Whites in Hip-hop: Roles and Responsibilities” Community Forum in Minneapolis, MN in 2002; and most recently, Wysling worked as producer for the rap groups E.B.T.B. and AR-15 conducting anti-racist, hip-hop workshops and performances nationwide.

Raw has also devoted two years to national service in Americorps*National Civilian Community Corps, assisting various grassroots and non-profit initiatives. He has a Marketing Certificate from San Francisco State University, and has completed “An Introduction to Grassroots Anti-Racist Organizing” with the Challenging White Supremacy workshop and Californians for Justice. His favorite emcee is KRS-One.