Lyriq Tye, Founder + Lyricist
What moment has defined your journey the most?
Prison.
I would never have experienced the kind of... transparent and vulnerable communication that I learned in such a dark place.
I met ‘Honesty’s Mother’ in there.
She’s hurting, and these systems won’t take a respectable approach to finding out why.
People ‘out here’ hide behind so much. And their people let them... because no one wants to be alone or to feel the True weight of how we’re harming one another.
In there, no one can hide. Everyone will know whatever is true and they will tell that you’re hiding or trying to hide... because nobody wants to be alone.
That’s no secret tho
What drives you?
Creating. Expressing myself in a way that stretches me.
Also, freedom.
Freedom drives me.
So yeah, Creating and Freedom drive Me
-same thing if you ask Me.
How are you paving the way for people in your community to succeed? Or opening doors that were once closed?
People are in prison and will continue to go to prison if someone who’s been IN THERE can’t communicate the prison experience in a way that can be both felt and understood.
I’m creating a way for people to open up meaningful lines of communication with their loved ones.
I’m creating jobs for our formerly incarcerated members... I hope to create entrepreneurial opportunities for them as well.
Most meaningful project to date?
PrisonTations. Easily
Advice or a mantra you would like to pass on?
Use Your Words...
