BRIC’s new president, Wes Jackson, has had a career that is just as multifaceted as the organization he’s running. He was the founder and executive director of the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. He has run a business program for executives at Emerson College. And he began his career producing concerts at college for groups like the Fugees, Nas, Dave Matthews Band the Roots and Tribe Called Quest, before starting his promotions company, Seven Heads Entertainment. We talk about his plans for BRIC, his career and how hip hop saved his life.