nhttps:\/\/bricartsmedia.org\/about\/news\/press-release\/wes-jackson-named-president-of-bric-the-pioneering-brooklyn-based-arts-and-media-institution\/nnWes\u2019 career began with producing concerts for Nas, The Roots, The Dave Matthews Band, The Fugees, and A Tribe Called Quest. His first venture, Seven Heads Entertainment<\/strong>, was a vanguard for progressive and community based Hip-Hop.\u00a0 Seven Heads helped launch the careers of Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Talib Kweli, El-P (Run The Jewels), Common, and others. Music from Seven Heads Roster was included in HBO\u2019s \u201cThe Wire\u201d, \u201cThe Boondocks\u201d, and the film \u201cBrown Sugar\u201d among others.nnWes would later found and lead the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival<\/strong>, an annual event that ran for 15 years with the mission to create a world class event to honor Hip-Hop music and culture and the borough of Brooklyn. The Festival hosted a range of talent including Jay-Z, Kanye West, NYS Attorney General Letitia James, Deray McKesson, Kendrick Lamar, Fab 5 Freddy, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Q-Tip, and many others.nnBRIC\u2019s programs include the free, summer-long BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, whose 44th season is currently underway; the New York Emmy Award-winning BRIC TV, whose programming includes acclaimed original scripted series, a live daily show, and hyper-local news stories and documentaries; Brooklyn Free Speech TV, a leading public access TV network; a major contemporary art exhibition program; BRIC JazzFest, which brings global legends and emerging artists in jazz to Brooklyn each October; the weekly Stoop Series of free public conversations at BRIC House with artists, authors and filmmakers; family programs; and more. BRIC\u2019s nationally recognized school-based arts and media education program reaches thousands of NYC public school students each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"