Gemikia has garnered national acclaim for her RYSE music videos using powerful imagery and storytelling to bring to life the music of her peers. Her first video, Street Literature, which she made in response to the murder of Oscar Grant, received an honorable mention for “Best Video Linking to Social Change & Public Health”. Street Literature, along with her other videos, Ryse Up and Change Gon’ Come, have been screened at film festivals in New York, LA, New Orleans and Philadelphia.