Paying the Rent with Street Music

Thursday, December 21, 2006 Download  RSS  Short URL  Share

Maurice Reedus Jr. doesn't want you to call him a panhandler. A familiar figure in downtown Cleveland, he has the requisite box sitting next to him on the sidewalk, waiting for your contribution, but he gives you something in return. ideastream's David C. Barnett produced this profile of a man who pays his rent with street music.