The annual Dilla Youth Day took place at the Charles H. Wright Museum on Sunday, February 7. The event was started by photographer and activist Piper Carter and featured some of Detroit’s best known hip-hop artists giving workshops, lectures, advice, and tutorials to over 1,000 kids.

All photos and text by Kahn Santori Davison.

Artists from the Michigan Center for Capoeira
Beats workshop
DJ Los teaching Credit: DJ Los teaching at Dilla Youth Day in 2016. Photo by by Kahn Santori Davison.
Freestyle cipher
Ms. Black Michigan Nicole Johnson
Nick Speed, Johnnie Audible
Super Emcee and his son

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