‘I’m coming back’: Viral TikTok rapper reflects on budding career while incarcerated
Ebonique Little, Spectrum Editor Richmond rapper FNF Chop, known for his breakout single “Walk Down,” said he used to sleep at the studio to finish recording songs. Now, from his cell in the Richmond City Justice Center, he writes lyrics to his beats over the phone. Chop, who was born Deonte Gaines, was arrested last […]
Educating inmates, creating a sanctuary
As a teenager Elizabeth Canfield, a VCU gender, sexuality and women’s study professor, began writing to a pen-pal who was incarcerated in Texas. Today she still writes to inmates across the country, but has lost touch with her original pen-pal.