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Jam No Peanut is a rapper, interactive media artist, and revolutionary bringing trap music and technology to the fight against mass incarceration and police terror. A Fulbright Scholar and organizer who has faced jail time with Cornel West, and organized nationwide demonstrations with Janelle Monae, Jam No Peanut is out to change the world with art and revolutionary action. In the classroom, Mims' has extensive experience directing programming that uses original hip hop music, culturally responsive pedagogy and technology to help previously-failing high school students pass the New York State Regents exams, and has been a featured presenter at SXSW and Google for Education. His work in music, culture, interactive technology, education and organizing against mass incarceration has been featured in Alleywatch, Colorlines, Complex, New York Times, and the Nation.
