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

Posted onOctober 18, 2022October 18, 2022AuthorRonda 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, Music

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

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 …

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Grace Jones TIFF Documentary

Posted onSeptember 12, 2017March 31, 2019AuthorRonda Lee

While at the Toronto International Film Festival, I had a chance to catch the screening of Grace Jones: Bloodlight & Bami. For the life of me I can’t understand why she wasn’t in the Wonder Woman movie. I am hoping that Marvel’s Black Panther gives her a cameo. She is virtually Read More …

CategoriesCulture, Music, TV-Film, Women, Women

Ladies Behind Hip Hop Labels

Posted onSeptember 5, 2017September 4, 2018AuthorRonda Lee

The stories about the rise of hip hop record labels focus heavily on men. Little is said about the women in the game, moving, shaking, trailblazing and mentoring. Too often women of color are reduced to caricatures – the ratchetness of reality TV. The notion Read More …

CategoriesBusiness, Careers, College, Music, Women

Drinking Beyoncé’s Lemonade at the Kitchen Table

Posted onApril 24, 2016April 17, 2019AuthorRonda Lee

Beyoncé – Sister girl, sister girl! Watching Lemonade seemed like catching glimpses of my mother and aunts at Granny’s kitchen table, reminiscent of Annie Lee’s picture of women playing cards. As a little girl, my aunts typically went to Granny’s house at least once a Read More …

CategoriesMusic, Relationships, Women, Women

Beyonce Superbowl Tribute

Posted onFebruary 10, 2016August 28, 2018AuthorRonda Lee

A bit of background: It’s Black History Month and Beyoncé paid homage to the Black Panthers. During the 1960s, the Panthers provided food and other social services to black communities who were denied those services by government agencies. Enough about that on to Beyoncé.   For non-blacks, I’m Read More …

CategoriesCulture, Music, Race, TV-Film, Women

Hip-Hop & Art: Pollack – Basquiat – Banksy

Posted onJune 3, 2014August 20, 2018AuthorRonda Lee

Art adds value to our world as an expression of life. I do not always understand it, but I appreciate its various forms. Sometimes art imitates life. Other times art is a voice of the people. Such is the case with Jean-Michel Basquiat. Basquiat was Read More …

CategoriesArts, Culture, Music

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Powered for Endurance Part 3 featuring Mekka Don

Posted onMarch 3, 2014August 15, 2018AuthorRonda Lee

The last article in the Powered for Endurance series is published with Mr. Refined magazine. Part 3 features the journey of Mekka Don from attorney to rapper-entrepreneur. Mekka’s creativity, commitment to his craft, and respect for the growth process encourages me in my dream chasing. Read More …

CategoriesCareers, Culture, Dream Chasing, Inspiration, Music

Dream Chasing – Mekka Don

Posted onJuly 8, 2013August 15, 2018AuthorRonda Lee

I read somewhere that there are three stages to the dream: birth, death, and resurrection. The birth of a dream is when it is first conceived. It is like the birth of a nation – full of pride, joy, and expectancy of great things. There Read More …

CategoriesCareers, Culture, Dream Chasing, Music

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