Platinum recording artist, Ruben Studdard, went to the 250,000 square foot Dallas, TX-based Black Academy of Arts & Letters (TBAAL) over two years ago to perform at its annual King concert celebration and fell in love with the non-profit organization. “They treat you really well at The Academy,” says Studdard. “They are the ultimate professionals and they do so much good work keeping kids off the street and getting them involved in music and acting and other things.”
When the 35-year old organization’s youth program lost a couple of the grants keeping it afloat, TBAAL’s founder Curtis King decided to record a live CD to raise money for the youth program.
“I reached out to Ruben and other celebrities who have been through TBAAL and asked them to sing on this live recording,” says King. “Ruben was one of the first people to say he’d do it and we appreciate all he has done to help push the project. In a bad economy the first thing that gets cut is arts funding. However, it’s the plays, concerts, poetry readings and other programming we offer that helps people get through rough times like these. So, we’re thrilled that these artists came together to make a CD that will raise money to keep these programs going for our youth.”
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