Creative Space: Hip-Hop Leaders Mentor Through Elevation and Unity

Sitting together at a table with a versatile backdrop in matching black shirts that read “Game Gang,” Eugene Willis Jr. (Blacknerdninja) and Carlos Jones (Lo Down, aka Lou Morningstar) explain that they’re “like-minded collaborators” of Creative Space—co-founders on paper. “Game Gang. It’s the mind frame. It’s a state of mind. It’s the energy that we’re pushing,” says Jones. “Game Applied Means Elevation. And gang is the unity part.” Both longtime creatives and accomplished musicians with knowledge and resources to share, Willis and Jones decided to open the brick-and-mortar Creative Space two years ago. “The name explains it,” says Jones, with Willis elaborating that rather than starting with a focal point, they’ve allowed the space to evolve with the needs of […]