The light that emanates from Raynard Lucas, 16, and Robert Rose-Thompson, 17, fills the space where they sit, interact and create their music—and it belies the shadows that are rumored to surround Murtland and Hermitage, the streets that flank Westinghouse High School, which they attend.
They share twin spirits and, when talking to them, it is difficult to distinguish the duo as two separate individuals. Now juniors, they met in seventh grade at Westinghouse.
“We both had an interest in Japanese Anime, but Raynard was really good at drawing and had more experience than me,” Rose-Thompson shares. “He showed me my first techniques; at first I was driven to be better than him, but after a while we pushed each other up in art.”
Music was the other common denominator around which they connected. In an unusual move, the Homewood-Brushton YMCA Lighthouse Project invited their participation while still eighth graders—an invitation usually reserved for grades nine and up. This took their creativity to a new level.
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