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- ↑ Sacramento Knoxx on where he's from , retrieved 2024-02-29
- ↑ #LetOurVoicesBeHeard | Western International High School | Southwest Detroit , retrieved 2024-02-28
- ↑ Latinos To College // Michigan State University // featuring Sacramento Knoxx // Creating The Noise , retrieved 2024-02-28
- ↑ Allied Media Projects. "AMC2010 Program." Allied Media Conference, 2010. Accessed February 28, 2024. https://alliedmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/amc2010program-web_0.pdf.
- ↑ "SOUL School of Unity and Liberation". SOUL School of Unity and Liberation. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ↑ "Sacramento Knoxx". Kresge Arts in Detroit. Retrieved 2024-02-28.