Rapper and producer Jason Aaron Mills, better known as IDK, is all too familiar with the hard-knock life. IDK, which stands for ignorantly delivering knowledge, had a turbulent upbringing that included being incarcerated when he was 17. Now, the rapper, who’s signed to Warner Records, is paying it forward by offering free music education to BIPOC students who also have the odds stacked against them. In August, IDK and nonprofit media company No Label came together to host No Label Academy, a free 10-day music-focused course that brought BIPOC students from around the country to Harvard to learn the ins and outs of the music business in a way they had never learned before. The curriculum focused on mental health, financial literacy and creative innovation, and featured lectures from industry heavy-hitters such as Virgil Abloh , Mike Dean, Don Toliver, Capitol Music Group's Amber Grimes and TDE's Terrence "Punch" Henderson. "This is for people who wouldn't have necessarily had an...