Two Lancaster youth mentors are using their love and talents of hip-hop to bring a new sense of hope to troubled kids
TJ Griffin and Jose Rios created Creative Hope Studios. The initiative brings the creativity and influence of hip-hop to reach the hearts and minds of adolescents Author: Victoria Lucas (WPMT) Updated: 10:48 PM EDT July 18, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. TJ Griffin and Jose Rios share a passion for youth mentorship and seek to show troubled youth, there is light at the end of any tunnel.
The hope is personal, as they have had struggles in their past. I come from the juvenile justice system, I was in the system, probation system programs, I was raised in the streets as was he, said Griffin, co-founder of Creative Hope Studios.