We chose Empire State of Mind by Jay Z and Alicia Keys because it simply describes the Harlem Renaissance Era overall. The song emphasizes the fact that New York is the city in which dreams can come true and the Harlem Renaissance occurred in New York where creative expression was released and allowed so many different types of black artists, musicians, poets, photographers, scholars, and more to use the opportunity as an outlet to express the truth of what was going unheard of in society at the time. Similar to the lyrics that were used in the song, New York was where so many dreams came true and so voices were heard: “New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of there's nothing' you can't do. Now you're in New York. These streets will
