Archie Green

Dream Chaser. MC. Creator Extraordinaire. Cleveland, Ohio rapper Archie Green is a dream believer. But more than that, he’s a “dream, then wake up and go-getter.” Green’s pen game is twenty years strong, coupled with a business acumen he picked up while attending Morehouse College and eventually NYU for Music Business.

Archie is also an advocate for mental health, having himself been diagnosed with clinical depression. His introspective single, "Layers," which premiered at VICE.com, garnered over 25,000 streams in 2 weeks. The Cleveland born artist has begun to host more dialogues on mental illness with Peel Dem Layers Back, a Hip-Hop centered 501(c)3 to promote mental health awareness for Black men and boys. Archie has been featured on various other media outlets including BBC, NPR, Cleveland Magazine, The Guardian & more.

Most recently, Green made history in 2019 after becoming the first rapper to ever perform at the world renowned Severance Hall which is home to the Cleveland Orchestra. The performance, titled "My Violin Weighs A Ton," served as a summer-long partnership with Lexington-Bell Community Center which engaged the center's youth incorporating music and writing instruction to address areas of mental health as well as bridge the gap for diversity and inclusion in arts and culture in Cleveland.