Connect & Create: A Morning with Frzy!
• – • Cohatch Shadyside
About the speaker
Frzy is a 2018 Emmy Award winner for his collaboration with WQED on his hip-hop version of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” and on November 1, 2023, simultaneously released his second and third albums titled Popularity and Success. Frzy is a member of the Recording Academy (which bestows the annual Grammy Awards) and is a Governor of the Board for the Philadelphia Chapter of the Recording Academy.
The City of Pittsburgh was inspired to officially declare January 11, 2018, as “Frzy Day.’ Since then, Frzy has become a 2020 Guinness World Record holder for longest freestyle rap at 31 hours, the Smiley Face Cookie at Eat ‘N Park, and has had a mural created in his likeness by famous muralist, Jeremy Raymer.
Frzy also serves on the Board of Directors of The Lindsay Theater, all this while being the face of Steve Madden’s “Self Made” Campaign. He has helped to raise more than one million dollars for charities and in May 2023 helped to increase diversity and inclusion awareness via the successful “Books to Bars” campaign with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. He collaborated on a historic one-night concert with the Pittsburgh Symphony at Heinz Hall on November 8, 2023, which is the world premiere of an orchestration of the nationally known rapper’s new album, Success.
In Fall 2024 Frzy headlined at the epic America250PA national Convening of the States and Partners in Philadelphia, PA and was honored to lecture and perform at TEDxPittsburgh. Recently Frzyheadlined the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s First Night 2025 New Years Performance for 22,000 people. Frzy’s ( Got Milk ) Frzy Day campaign entitled “Milking It” teamed up with legendary Dairy Company “Turner’s Dairy” and The Pittsburgh Public School System to raise $2,500 for the Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to provide over 10,000 meals.
Additional details
Join us for an inspiring morning of creativity, connection, and conversation! This month, we are thrilled to welcome the remarkable Harvey “Frzy” Daniels, a 2018 Emmy Award winner and influential figure in the hip-hop community. Frzy recently released his second and third albums, Popularity and Success, and he brings a wealth of experience and passion to our stage.
This month’s theme, LOCAL, emphasizes the significance of community and connection. The theme was chosen by our Santos chapter in Brazil, illustrating a connection to home. They express: “Being a resident or native to a particular area means loving your city while sometimes moving away.”
Frzy will lead us in exploring how our origins shape our identities, how different spaces foster connections, and how we can develop stronger bonds with the people around us.
It’s time to remind ourselves that community happens in neighborhoods, not just on screens.
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