He is co-founder of Beat Making Lab, a PBS web-series, which won Best Video Essay for its episode Heartbeats of Fiji at the 2015 Daytime Emmy Awards.

His curriculums and grant-writing led to the development of Next Level[9] - a multi-million dollar collaboration between UNC Chapel Hill and the US Department of State, teaching hip hop diplomacy and conflict resolution.

Freelon has worked on music and social justice projects internationally in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Kenya, Panama, Senegal and South Africa, with partners including the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, (MoCADA), IntraHealth International, /The Rules, Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Global Voices and the United Nations Foundation.

He also appeared on Nnenna Freelon's album, Home Free[10] and has performed with hip-hop artists such as Doug E. Fresh, Grand Master Flash, The Last Poets and Dead Prez.

[18] In November 2021, Freelon joined Durham-native gospel legend and politician Shirley Ceaser as the second sitting Durham City Council Member to be nominated for a Grammy Award.