The JVN Project, a Madison based nonprofits, is dedicated to educating youth through hip-hop. In honor of 19-year-old Chicagoan artist and UW-Madison student, John Vietnam Nguyễn, the group carries his legacy by uplifting underprivilaged communities through the arts. The annual JVN Day festival aims to manifest that hip hop in it's raw form has the power to changes lives for the better.