CDI welcomes KARRIEM RIGGINS as Spring 2025 Artist-In-Residence!

Thursday, Jan 23, 2025

Karriem Riggins

Karriem Riggins

The Clive Davis Institute is thrilled to welcome KARRIEM RIGGINS as our Spring 2025 Artist-In-Residence!

Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated musician, producer, composer, and DJ, Karriem Riggins has been an influential leader at the crossroads of jazz and hip-hop, advancing the evolution of both genres in the 21st Century. The ease at which he traverses and joins these two iconically American genres put him in a unique and rarefied position. Karriem will join us this Spring semester as both an Artist-In-Residence and an instructor, co-teaching The Jazz Hip Hop Continuum with CDI adjunct professor, author, and historian, Ashley Kahn. His residency will include In-Studio workshops and listening sessions, a live performance at our venue The Garage, and a roundtable discussion w special guests.

Karriem has worked with a stellar list of deeply accomplished artists including Erykah Badu, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, The Roots, Norah Jones, Ray Brown, Steve Lacy, Diana Krall, Common, Robert Glasper, H.E.R., and Madlib. He was a longtime collaborator of the legendary and influential hip-hop producer J Dilla, who chose Riggins to complete his posthumous album, The Shining.
He formed the supergroup, August Greene, along with Common and Robert Glasper, and received the Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for their song, “Letter to the Free,” featured in the documentary, 13th directed by Ava DuVernay.

Karriem, welcome to the Clive Davis Institute. We are so fortunate to have you with us.