SPREAD LOVE is Brooklyn’s latest hip hop anthem for all generations. Filmed with love and on location in iconic spots throughout burrough, Spread Love was created by, with and for the Fort Greene/Downtown Brooklyn community by members of the Intergenerational Community Arts Council (ICAC),

The Intergenerational Community Arts Council (ICAC) is a team of NYCHA residents and neighbors from Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn who create values-driven arts programming by, with, and for their communities. The ICAC is proudly supported by program partners BRIC and University Settlement’s The Performance Project. For more information about the artists and the ICAC, visit BRICartsmedia.org/ICAC

SPREAD LOVE features:
Melissa Apedo
Alyssa Forte
Chastity Fryer
DaQuan Herring
Nicole Norton-Evans
Squala Orphan and Bar Boy
Tanja Richardson
Desiree Rucker
Celeste Staton
Ketriana Yvonne

Spread Love is a project of the Intergenerational Community Arts Council (ICAC). For more information: BRICartsmedia.org/ICAC

Lyrics: ICAC members with support from Grace Galu
Songwriting facilitators: Grace Galu and Baba Israel
Vocal coach and vocal arrangement by Grace Galu
Music produced by Baba Israel with additional vocals by Grace Galu
Choreographer and ICAC Artist in Residence: Pia Monique Murray

Spread Love was recorded and mixed by Murray Trider at Ground Control Studios, Brooklyn NY

Video directed, edited, and shot by Nijah Mentor
Video produced by Baba Israel, with Jessica Sucher
ICAC Program producers: Jessica Sucher and Baba Israel
The ICAC is supported by program partners and University Settlement’s The Performance Project

Inspired by the music video Brixton Baby by Ty (In loving memory)

The Intergenerational Arts Council is supported by the Eisner Foundation; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Council Member Crystal Hudson; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and the NYC Narrative Power Network in partnership with the Fund for Public Health in New York and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, supported by the Open Society Foundation. Additional support provided by the Culpeper Arts & Culture Program at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the William Talbott Hillman Foundation

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