Lester B. Wallace III knows the power of a good education. He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, one of the best historically black colleges in the country, before earning a master’s degree from George Washington University. But the 30-year-old also respects the pull of his passion for creating music and influencing young lives. He works with Words, Beats and Life Inc., teaching radio production skills to young people in the D.C. area. And under the pseudonym 2-Tone Jones, Wallace spins records at clubs in D.C. and New York City, hosts “Ill Street Grooves” Monday nights on 89.3 WBFW, and plays every Tuesday night with Sound of the City at the U-Street Corridor’s historic Bohemian Caverns jazz club. He spoke with The Examiner about what inspires his works and his creativity.

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