Bitten by Disney sharks, Roy Scott beats the odds with Healthy Hip Hop

Roy Scott, Healthy Hip Hop, H3

When a potentially life-altering business deal suddenly vanished, Roy Scott didn’t get mad — he got funded. “Disney thought they were going to snuff us out, but all they did was put gasoline on this fire,” said Scott, founder of Kansas City-based H3 Enterprises (Healthy Hip Hop). Rewind. Starting his company with a live performance-based…

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Healthy hip-hop duo remixes rap for exercise, education tech

Roy Scott, Reggie Gray, H3 Enterprises

Raised in the urban core of Kansas City, Roy Scott grew up idolizing gangster rap. Inspired by 90s hip-hop artists such as N.W.A. and Bell Biv DeVoe, he always hoped to become a famous rapper. But years later when raising his own son, a light bulb went off for Scott when he heard his 4-year-old…

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