… – the Washington Area Improvisational Teen Theatre (W.A.I.T.T.). The company’s primary goal was to promote sexual abstinence to teens and educate young people about their bodies, the risks of teen pregnancy, STD’s and HIV/AIDS. He went on to become a successful teacher, coach, mentor and youth advocate – acquiring a Masters of Science in Education in 2000 and then on to star in BET’s award-winning HIV/AIDS film “Let’s Talk” in 2006.
“I thank God for the arts, which I can say saved me from the same fate because I traveled so far from my school, The Duke Ellington School of the Arts and spent nearly the entire day there,” Rucker says.
Mr. Rucker is an activist and spokesperson for several non-profit organizations and community action initiatives including A.H.E.A.D., Inc., Inner City Industry, BET’s Rap-It-Up campaign, the Black AIDS Institute, The Magic Johnson Foundation and several grass-roots organizations across the country leading the way in uplifting families and mobilizing communities to encourage prevention, education and testing initiatives for HIV/AIDS and other issues.