TehRay PHENOM Hale headshot

TehRay PHENOM Hale

Celebrated Hip-Hop Artist and Mentor

TehRay PHENOM Hale (he/him) is a celebrated Hip-Hop mentor and artist. He creates safe spaces for young artists to develop into impactful peacekeepers and living testimonies of success. His programs leave his mentees walking away with community and political awareness, goal setting strategies, decision-making skills, workplace professionalism, increased self-actualization, and valuable field knowledge as methods of violence prevention. His artistic strategy has proven to be effective, saving and transforming lives by creating new agents of change that continue to carry the work further.

Featured Artworks

  •  black man wearing hat points to the sky and speaks into microphone Nom Hosts Inaugural TIPFest, 2017 Photo courtesy of PHENOM.
  •  black man with locks and greenshots speaks into microphone facing a crowd Nom at International Festival Of Life, 2023. Photo by PHENOM.
  •  TehRay PHENOM Hale artwork Phenom Features in Rotary International magazine, 2022. Photo by Monika Lozinska.
  •  Black man points at the ceiling with light hitting him from above. crowd watches from the right. Live at The Riviera Chicago, 2019.
  •  Black man stands in middle of crowd as they cheer him on PHENOM Hosts Historic OpenMic, 2019. Flat Iron Arts Building Wicker Park. Photo by EMCEESKOOL.