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Community Tuesday: How Patriots players gave back this week

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Patriots.com writer

Joining the New England Patriots Foundation at The Blackstone School in the South End of Boston on Tuesday, cornerback Marcus Jones was in his element.

The community event's objective was to get the students excited about building literacy skills with the Rhymes with Reason program, using popular music from artists like SZA and J. Cole to keep things engaging.

"I wish I had a program like this when I was in school," Jones admitted after the event. "It's great, because especially nowadays, people don't work out, drive in the car, or even walk around without listening to music.