About This Event
The Vital Movement presents Freedom Fridays featuring Yung Heem on Friday, November 13, 2026, from 8 PM to midnight at Mangos Caribbean Restaurant, 180 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303.
Yung Heem is a San Jose-born, Atlanta-based hip-hop artist whose music draws on lived experience. After 11½ years of incarceration, he writes about struggle, redemption, survival, and realities facing Black communities. He describes his sound as Pain Rap, incorporating rap, storytelling, melody, and Neo-Soul. His name, Y.U.N.G., stands for Youth Under New Genocide.
The program includes Yung Heem’s featured live performance, along with a Freedom Fridays open mic and freestyle cyphers. Caribbean food is available at Mangos Caribbean Restaurant.
- Buy a plate to receive a seven-minute open-mic slot.
- Purchase a small bite or drink to join the cypher.
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