Jecorey “1200” Arthur is an award-winning teacher, musician and activist from Louisville, Kentucky. He is currently a music professor at Simmons College of Kentucky, an artist roster member of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN), and an endorsed artist with Salyers Percussion.

Arthur has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Big Ears Festival, Forecastle Festival and Jungfrau-Erzählfestival; performed as a soloist with the Stereo Hideout Brooklyn Orchestra and the Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Nashville, Columbus and Oregon symphony orchestras; and performed as the first hip-hop artist with the Louisville Orchestra, including world premieres of the folk opera The Way Forth and rap opera The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, where he starred as his hometown hero. He has composed music for theatre, film, television, radio, podcasts and studio albums.

In 2021, Arthur was inaugurated as the youngest city councilman in the history of Louisville.