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36 WEEKS TO SUCCESS

  FOLLOW me this year as I film 36 weeks of stories on the road to graduation. This year I am going to attempt to give you one story a week about my classrooms adventure. This is also your opportunity to follow along and be a part of the exciting …

Hank Moody Speaks My Language.

This is a piece I created for My Virtual Academy.

K2.0 Vlog • Living Homeless

Living homeless is not an easy life. Here is a son of the oldest surviving neighborhood in Detroit talking about living homeless in Corktown.

Pizza Rolls • Music Video CLC

It’s funny how a song about pizza rolls has turned into so much creative fun! Teaching my students that you must always be prepared for success, we shot and created this little interview promo video. I’m very proud of the hard work they have been putting in. “PIZZA ROLLS YEA …

K2.0 Help prevent a suicide. Be a Friend!

You know what helps stop people from committing suicide…a friend. Love someone today and take the time to be there for them. Sometimes all it takes is just someone, anyone who will understand. I Love You My Tribe and If you need an ear. I’m here for you! #suicide #suicideprevention …

K2.0 • Students Teaching Students

When teaching you want to take chances when trying to instill confidence into your students. Today I allowed a student to teach his peers in the recording studio. It went far better than I ever expected.

A tour of Detroit School of Digital Technology

I want to thank Taurean Thomas at DSDT for giving my students a tour of the facility. Imagine a school built from the ashes of an old police station. I love taking my students to DSDT. They are a very inspiring group of educators.

David Santo • 831 song

I produced this music video for my friend David Santo.   831 is about a woman who has been lied to and cheated on. And, after all that mess, she struggles with this question – how is she going to make sense out of her life? This is a brilliant piece of music …

K2.0 Vlog • Music is the great equalizer

There are days when I am in the music studio that I built for my kids and it’s then that it hits me. Music is truly the great equalizer. This is their dream that one day they will write something or spit out a rhyme that catches fire in order to …

K2.0 Vlog • Building Young Minds

HELLO, MY TRIBE! I had a great day creating with my kids. I bought a new backdrop and that meant lots of fun taking pics. It’s an absolute privilege to able to teach these kids how to be creative. From the ashes of my previous life, I rose back up …

Why are contact lenses more regulated than guns?

Hey Gun Nuts! Let make guns at least as regulated as contact lenses.

K2.0 • We cannot change the cards we are dealt.

We can’t change the cards we are dealt. We can only play our hand in the best possible way. You can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out why life has to be so hard sometimes or you can just accept it and push forward in pursuit of your dreams. …

When you are a stand up comedian • Detroit’s Legendary Comedy Castle

Sometimes as artist and performers we get so busy with reaching for the stars that we forget the very foundation that got us there in the first place. No Detroit comedian would be who they are today if it wasn’t for the temple that began it all. ~K2.0 #comedy #standup #comedians #comedycastle#markridleyscomedycastle #detroitcomedy

K2.0 Heartbroken Child • My Life in 20 Minutes

Hello My Tribe. Happy New Year! I’M beginning this new year with my bold and artistic vision for my future. This is a twenty minute documentary that I have created as a witness and testament to the fact that you can rebuild and become whole again. I have created a …