Ascending Flow

First Hip Hop Summer Camp at Flow 🎤 We opening the doors for the next generation to find their voice, build skills, and step into the culture the right way. MCing, DJing, Breaking, Graffiti Real expression. Real community. Real growth. Ages 10–15 Sliding scale available, no one turned away. Tap in and register through the QR code or in our Link Tree 🎶 #HipHopEducation #YouthVoice #PDXYouth #AscendingFlow #HipHopCulture

Flow Hub is once again in effect tomorrow. Drop in and connect with us! We're here to support.

Hip Hop Lab is in the building!!! Our community keeps growing and the youth are cooking! Shout out @akronymbeats for dropping knowledge on the production tip and @zaythemaker for spitting his new PTown anthem for the crew “Portland Stand Up.” Energy and alignment are real right now. Let’s go!!!

Big love to @myvoicemusic for winning the @oregonmetro placemaking grant 🌱 Flow is honored to take the lead organizing this mural project with our youth 🙌 @cadacasa is bringing the curriculum and helping guide the creative process 🎨 Shout out to @damonsmythart and @oc_note for using their gifts to teach and inspire the youth to step into design and introducing them to building a resume by working with the vision of my voice music 🎶 This is more than just a mural, it’s youth voice, culture, and community all in one ✊ Can’t wait to show you what the youth design 👀🔥 #Placemaking #YouthVoice #CommunityArt #mural #ascendingflow

This month we’re bringing Ya Heard! back to My Voice Music 🎤🔥 🗓 DATE – Saturday, April 25
 🕔 Sign-Up – 5:00 PM
 🎶 Show – 5:30 – 8:00 PM
 📍 LOCATION – My Voice Music
 🗺 ADDRESS – 8911 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97216
 🎶 FEATURED ARTIST – DISSIMILAR (@dissimilartracks ) Brael Muzik & Tyre Pinlight are two Midwest MCs who come from completely different lanes, but share a deep love for quality hip-hop. Together, they are DISSIMILAR. Blending contrast and chemistry, their sound highlights what makes each of them unique while staying rooted in lyricism, authenticity, and the essence of hip-hop culture. About Our Host Venue — My Voice Music My Voice Music is a nonprofit dedicated to amplifying youth voices through music, providing access to mentorship, recording, and performance opportunities for young artists across Portland. It’s a space built on expression, healing, and community, making it the perfect home for Ya Heard! Whether it’s a poem, a song, a beat, a freestyle, or a prayer about what’s going on in the world, we wanna hear you! Come speak your truth and vibe with community! Hosted by: @jollywrapper ⚠️ ATTENTION PERFORMERS ⚠️
 Keep it under 7 minutes MAX (about 2–3 songs)
 We’ll cut you off we don’t care lol Big love to our partners and fam that make this possible:
 💥 @myvoicemusic 
 💥 @ascendingflow 
 💥 @iamweadvocacy 
 💥 @jankywheelhouse 🎨 Flyer by @jankywheelhouse #openmicpdx
 #pdxmusic #portlandshowcase
 #portlandevents #artmatters

Building more than a bus… we’re building a moving story 🎥🚌 ✨ Youth from Ascending Flow are documenting the full renovation process while stepping into design, media, and hands on creation alongside the team. 🎨 Right now they’re working directly with @artbyalexchiu on developing the mural concept and vision before it hits the bus. 🤝 Big love to @blackfuturesfarm for donating the bus and helping spark this whole project. 💡 @mhcrc_pdx for believing in the vision and funding the work. 🛠️ @canopy.builds leading the build and bringing it all together. Shout out to @myvoicemusic for introducing us 🙏 🔥 This is what it looks like when youth aren’t just part of the project… they’re shaping it. #AscendingFlow #FlowBus #YouthArts #CommunityBuild #CreativeYouth

Every 2nd Saturday Noon to 2 @ Ascending Flow We building community and celebrating our youth!!! @swiggle_mandela @alley.oop.pdx @zaythemaker @hiphop.happening @keysbeatsbars Shout out to Zay the Maker for blessing the M-I-C!!!

🎶 Make Music With Us 🎶 We’re excited to support our community partners at My Voice Music for their Spring Open House 🌱 This is the same space where Ascending Flow programs happen every week. If you’ve been wanting to tap in, this is the moment 🤝 🎤 Explore music, recording, and creative opportunities 🎹 Enter to win an Akai MIDI controller 🆓 Free raffle entry at the door 🔥 Built for youth voices to be heard Whether you’re already part of the community or just getting started, you’re invited 📍 8911 SE Stark 🗓 April 2 ⏰ 4–6 PM Come through and build with us 💛 #AscendingFlow #MyVoiceMusic #PortlandYouth #MusicPrograms #YouthCreatives

Wanna be apart of a Freestyle cypher supported by live band @alley.oop.pdx and hosted by @swiggle_mandela ? Come out to @hiphop.happening on 4/11 and be a part of the vibe!

Last week @otfpdx came by to train our staff in how to operate some super cool cameras. We left basically ready to film our own Netflix documentaries 🎥 Thank you @otfpdx 🙌🏿

PULL UP TOMORROW! OPEN MIC! YA HEARD! 🗣️🔥 
Alumni Featured Artist: Refugio @refugioraps Refugio is one of those artists where you don’t just hear the music, you feel it. Their work lives in that space between storytelling, reflection, and truth-telling. It’s hip-hop, but it stretches past genre. It’s personal, but still speaks to something bigger. There’s a real intention behind everything they create, and it sticks with you. This is an artist who’s really building something meaningful. This one is special. Refugio is a Ya Heard! alumni! 
An artist who started by pulling up, getting on the mic, developing their skills, and sharpening their craft with us for YEARS. Showing up, putting in the work, and growing in real time. So it’s only right…
this time they claim the stage and show us how it’s done. 🗓 DATE – Saturday, March 21
🕔 Sign-Up – 5:00 PM
🎶 Show – 5:30 – 8:00 PM
📍 LOCATION – Mamook Tokatee
🗺 ADDRESS – 4610 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97218 Big shoutout to our long-time partner Janky Wheelhouse, a Portland-based creative collective reclaiming the word “janky” and flipping it into something powerful. Centering outcasts, misunderstood creatives, and artists from overlooked communities, Janky Wheelhouse creates space, resources, and community for people to grow into their own “wheelhouse.” All photos here were captured by Jolly Wrapper of Janky Wheelhouse 📸 Refugio is also part of the Janky Wheelhouse Collective! Adding another layer to this. Real crossover. Real community. Real alignment.
That’s exactly what Ya Heard! is about. Come witness the growth. Come show love. Come be part of it. Hosted by: @jollywrapper 
💥 @jankywheelhouse 💥 @naya_pdx 
💥 @ascendingflow 
💥 @medicinebearpdx 
💥 @iamweadvocacy 🎨 Flyer by @jankywheelhouse #yaheardpdx #jankywheelhouse #pdxmusic #portlandartists #hiphopcommunity artmatters supportlocalartists

Hip-Hop lab is happening today here at myvoicemusic 4:30pm-6:30pm!!!! Come thru and make some music! 🫵🏾🌹🎙️