Butler Hip Hop Community founder Everett B. Roy, 33, of Saxonburg picks up trash Saturday in Butler's Island neighborhood with his daughter Aubrey Jo Roy, 12. Roy and other volunteers spend every Saturday at a different part of Butler collecting trash.

Everett B. Roy wanted to take something he loves — rap music — and use it to help better his community.

So in November, he started the Butler Hip Hop and Rap Community.

The Hip Hop and Rap Community hosts rap shows in the Butler area and engages in community service.

“It's all about getting the community involved, Roy said. “Getting the kids off the streets.”

Roy started the group as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group because he just wanted a way to help people, having nothing to do with making money.\“We host rap shows so kids have something to go to entertainment-wise,” Roy said. “We do cleanups so people have a way to get community service hours if they need them.”The Hip Hop and Rap Community helps aspiring rappers perform at the Butler Art Center on Main Street and goes to local parks on the weekends to help clean up.<i>This is an excerpt from a larger article that appears in Tuesday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read the full article.</i>

Butler Hip Hop Community founder Everett B. Roy, 33, of Saxonburg Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle Sept. 5 2020