J. Kwest, as he called himself, is one-half of the Chicago-based rap duo Verbal Kwest.  The group, along with the SALT Project, recently won an Emmy award for their short film Strange Fruit.   It is the story of an American masterpiece, the song TIME Magazine in 1999 called “the song of the century.”  But even more, this is a Good Friday story, an Easter Sunday story, a deeply human story of tragedy, defiance, genius, and grace.

Read more and watch the film here: StrangeFruit