The Pulse of Entertainment: School Yard Rap Founder Rapper Griot B Releases ‘Fresh Out' Video and ‘Good
Trouble' EP
by Dr. Eunice Moseley
(July 3, 2026) - "The beauty of family get-togethers,"
said Griot B (Brandon Brown) about the imagines in the music video to his latest single "Fresh
Out" featuring Haillie. "It's to celebrate the holiday...Juneteenth. Some people have to work Juneteenth...still
there's the need for them to celebration."
The single "Fresh Out" with its music video showing families
getting together at cook-outs and BBQs, also coincides with the upcoming July 4th holiday when me and my (west coast) family
will be getting together to celebrate "America," and the celebration of America's 250.
I told Brandon that I just
recently learned what Juneteenth was all about because my daughter is into the history of African-Americans pre-Civil War
and she took the week off to celebrate. So, its recognition is to highlight the "actual" end of slavery in America
(when a high-ranking military official openly declared all slaves are free in Texas), two years after Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation. I can see Juneteenth as a deep and hard pill to swallow for some.
"That's what I do. I'm the greatest educator...I'm
the Griot," he emphasized happily.
"That's how my students learn (music),"
Griot B said when recalling how he went from history teacher to rapper. "It started with a student's challenge for me
to make a song and I did. It was enjoyable to me. To reach them in a way that they understood...and I kept at it and got better."
After
eight albums, one Black History Month album, one Latin History Month album, four major concerts, 2,000 school performances
nationwide, and eight California tours Brandon's style of teaching is known in schools across the country. You know the name
but may not have connected it to Brandon Brown aka Griot B. It's called the "School Yard Rap." It's as popular in
our culture today as old main stream's "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" back in the day or the "Reading Rainbow"
that just ended 20 years-ago. Only the music in School Yard Rao is Hip-Hop, and the kids are of all ages. Brown's School Yard
Rap program is in 228 schools in 24 states and used by 50 colleges across the country. It combines Hip-Hop music and education
by using live performances.
"It's been a massive success," he agreed,
when I mentioned how well-known School Yard Rap is in academia. "I'm taking a step forward...with the EP ‘Good
Trouble'. It's important...that people talk about how African-American's got the right to vote. I'm not political,
they made it political. It's so kids and adults can learn."
Griot, aside from being an educator (Inglewood, California) and a BMI
rapper, he is an entrepreneur and as I stated, the founder of the School Yard Rap movement. He released the "Fresh Out"
single featuring Haillie in celebration of Juneteenth and Black Music Month, but the timing cannot be ignored that it is also
around the time of the celebration of America and its 250 years. A reminder that our right to vote, women included, was granted
to us not that long ago.
Griot B performed last month at the NPR 2026 Tiny Desk "On the Road Tour" when it stopped
in San Fransico and he hosted the Juneteenth/Community Care event in Culver City at the Robert Froster Auditorium. The event
provided free health screening and family support services. He helped give away 1,000 bags of groceries and diapers.
For these
ventures Brandon Brown formed strategic partnerships, such as those with the enterprises as Warner Media and Essence. His
educational entertainment company has generated over $5 million in revenue through live programs, educational programs, and
curriculum designing.
So, listen out for rap artist Griot B (Brandon Brown) and his new single "Fresh Out" and
his EP "Good Trouble," which explores voters' rights, and know that he was a legend before he was a rapper. www.SchoolYardRap.com www.GriotB.com
SYNDICATED
COLUMNIST: Dr. Eunice Moseley has
an estimated weekly readership of over one million for her column The Pulse of Entertainment. She
is the publisher of the digital magazine www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com, which has an estimated 160,000 visitors a month. An entrepreneur, Dr. Moseley’s company, Freelance Associates, is
a business management/public relations strategic planning and consulting firm that is celebrating 32 years in 2025. Dr. Eunice
also serves as professor for the School of Business at Stanton University in Anaheim, California and serves as promotions
director (at-large)/journalist and business consultant for The Baltimore Times. Dr. Moseley founded the Uplifting
Minds II Foundation (www.UpliftingMinds.com) in 2023, a 501 C3 with a mission to empower the underserved through three major programs – One Stop Business Shop,
the ULMII Professional Conference and the ULMII Academy (business management and public relations). EVENTS:
"Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), was launched by Dr. Eunice in 1999, to educate aspiring
artists/musicians about the business of entertainment – www.UpliftingMinds2.com. Next ULMII Entertainment Conferences for Baltimore on Saturday April 18, 2026, presented by Security Square
Mall and The Baltimore Times, and for Los Angeles on Saturday, November 7, 2026, presented by The Pulse of Entertainment
and the ULMII Foundation. The ULMII conferences are free with virtual access via Zoom. ULMII entertainment conference offers
a Professional Panel Q&A Session, a Professional Talent Showcase and International Talent Competition where the top three scored acts receive the ULMII Best Act Award and
over $20,000 valued in prizes/product/services and cash!
