Black Excellence spotlight: Piper Carter

As we continue our Title Track family #BlackExcellence series, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to Title Track board member, Piper Carter, for her leadership and many contributions to Title Track. She generously shares her vision, passion, warmth, humor, and commitment to justice work with a long list of organizations and projects in her home city of Detroit and beyond.

Piper is an Arts and Culture Organizer and Hip Hop Activist with a focus on Entertainment Justice, Environmental and Climate Justice, Education Justice, the Maker Space movement, and Food Justice communities.

She is Host of the Piper Carter Podcast where she discusses Social Justice and Hip Hop to a world-wide audience. Check out recent episodes that feature in-depth conversations such as The Environmental Impact of Hip-Hop Culture, The Impact of Segregation in Detroit, and The Power of Connection through Black Farms.

She is co-Founder of We Found Hip Hop (uplifting, celebrating, and supporting Women in Hip Hop to help them build careers in a safer environment). She is Creator of Dilla Youth Day that encourages young people to become excited about exploring the S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) disciplines through the process of participating in and leading hands on engagement in fun educational activities while recognizing a modern homegrown figure in Hip Hop.

She is a 3-Time Awardee Knight Arts Challenge by The Knight Foundation Grant, Detroit Young Professionals Vanguarde Award, Community Connections Grant Awardee, Cognizant Grant Awardee, Ford Foundation Awardee. She also received The Spirit of Detroit Award for Creating Dilla Youth Day.