K.Y.D. - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - TUES, FEB 10, 2015 - 7:00 PM PST - DJ. MR.WILL

K.Y.D WORKS DON'T SHOOT! IS THERE JUSTICE IN AMERICA?

Hit hip-hop lyricist K.Y.D. Works believes in second chances.

K.Y.D ("Killing Your Demographic"), whose real name is Hassan Barrow, hails from the Bronx, NY and relocated to Westchester County when he was six years old.  He started rapping when he turned 14 and battled other rappers who were older than him.  He was a talented teen on his way,But things began to get bumpy for the artist when he found himself in the correctional system at age 16.  He spent three years incarcerated, which took him off the grid for a while.

 However, his period of incarceration afforded him ample time to regroup.  An introspective person, he believes that everything happens for a reason.  And unlike so many others, he followed through with his exit plan, which included others that had experienced some of the same downhill moments of life.  K.Y.D. Works and his associates and childhood friends Steven Alfano and Vincent Hanemann, created "Don't Shoot."  As childhood friends they have had a real meaningful relationship that has allowed it to stand the test of time.

The idea of "Don't Shoot" was born after a discussion about the rash of police shootings, massacres, school shootings and suicides, and the inappropriate use of firearms in this country.

There are more than 30,000 gun deaths each year with an estimated 57 percent of these deaths being attributed to suicide, 37 percent to homicides and the rest to accidental deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control.