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Nasdaq celebrates hip-hop’s 50th

Posted onAugust 11, 2023August 11, 2023AuthorRonda Lee

LL COOL J rang in hip-hop’s 50th anniversary this month at the Nasdaq’s opening bell, underscoring how influential and profitable the genre has become. The bell-ringing at Nasdaq was last week, but today, August 11, is the official anniversary. An industry with an economic impact Read More …

CategoriesEntrepreneurship, Feature, Music

Juneteenth: High on the Hog

Posted onJuly 2, 2023July 2, 2023AuthorRonda Lee

Honored to co-host Yahoo’s Juneteenth interview of Stephen Satterfield, host of Netflix’s High on the Hog docu-series.   Part One: The meaning of “high on the hog” Part Two: America’s culinary tradition – Hercules and James Hemmings Part Three: The power of food to unite and teaser Read More …

CategoriesCulture, Feature

Steve Stoute: ‘If you don’t own, you can’t create generational wealth’

Posted onOctober 18, 2022April 1, 2023AuthorRonda Lee

From remote working to the gig economy, technology has allowed workers more autonomy over their professional lives. This impact is especially evident in the music industry, when before if you didn’t have a record label contract you couldn’t make it. Now, independent artists are retaining Read More …

CategoriesCulture, Feature, Music

CultureCon: Building wealth for creatives of color

Posted onOctober 16, 2022October 18, 2022AuthorRonda Lee

Silicon Valley origin stories begin in someone’s garage or basement. For Imani Ellis, her one-bedroom Harlem apartment was the birthplace of The Creative Collective NYC and CultureCon. She invited a few friends over to talk about developing a space where creatives of color could “show up as Read More …

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Church in Quarantine: Erykah Badu & Jill Scott

Posted onMay 11, 2020June 20, 2022AuthorRonda Lee

Featured artwork by: Jeff Manning Art Even before quarantine, my soul was weary. I hungered for that sweet communion of fellowship. I heard about a new service a few weeks ago that they called Verzuz battles. The first battle was between kings Babyface and Teddy Read More …

CategoriesCulture, Music, Women

420 Playlist – Get High

Posted onApril 20, 2020May 31, 2020AuthorRonda Lee

I am not a 420 participant. It is the smell. It reminds me of leaves burning in the fall. For me, texture and smell can be a turn off. The smell of cannabis is not pleasant. Maybe if it were more aromatic then I would Read More …

CategoriesCannabis, Music

The Evolution of a Queen – Hail Queen Beyoncé

Posted onApril 17, 2019May 30, 2019AuthorRonda Lee

Painter Norman Lewis said, “The goal of the artist must be aesthetic development, and in a universal sense, to make in his own way some contribution to culture.” Perhaps Nina Simone was paraphrasing him when she said, “It is an artist’s duty to reflect the Read More …

CategoriesCulture, Music

BlacKkKlansman: White Nationalism in Law Enforcement & Military

Posted onAugust 11, 2018February 21, 2019AuthorRonda Lee

2019 Update: Newsweek reports that the Portland Police is accused of ‘collusion’ with alt-right group Patriot Prayer. “Just make sure he doesn’t do anything which may draw our attention,” [Officer] Niiya wrote [in a text message]. “If he still has the warrant in the system (I Read More …

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Smart Funny & Black: A Celebration of Dopeness

Posted onAugust 8, 2018February 28, 2019AuthorRonda Lee

My freshman year in college I attended a private university where the black students, undergraduates and graduates, comprised less than 1% of the student population. Despite our small number, we developed a family in the Black Student Organization having potlucks or hanging at an upper Read More …

CategoriesHumor, Women, Women

Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Racism

Posted onJune 3, 2018August 28, 2018AuthorRonda Lee

According to Paul Lewis, “Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie says the company tried to replicate Kosinski’s work for ‘psychological warfare’.” On July 14, 2017, Russian leaders flew Michal Kosinski to Moscow to meet “Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, and several members of his cabinet.”  Kosinski presented Read More …

CategoriesBusiness, Sci-Fi, Technology

Mother’s Day Playlist

Posted onMay 12, 2018May 11, 2020AuthorRonda Lee

Mother’s Day was second only to Christmas in my household. My maternal grandmother was orphaned as a child, so Mother’s Day was like a mini family reunion. Birthday parties were only cousins because after they showed up who had room to invite friends. I recall Read More …

CategoriesMusic, Women, Women

Healing Hearts – The Art of Love

Posted onFebruary 13, 2018August 28, 2018AuthorRonda Lee

Art is therapeutic and can be used to restore a broken hearted to a healing heart. Valentine’s day can be a somber reminder of heartbreak or love lost. Enter artist Raub Welch. His artwork has exhibited worldwide and caught the eye of Oprah, who owns Read More …

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