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I'm Erica Thomas, a bestselling selling author, certified transition coach, experienced author coach and professional speaker. I also started a custom accessory business, A Queen's  Jewelry Box, that caters to men, women and children. My entire goal is to heal the world so people can finally find peace and rediscover their purpose. I began helping clients transition their lives and goals into reality in 2005, and became a published author ten years later,  in 2015. 

I initiated my own publishing company and opened a indie bookstore that only sold books from African American authors. Both businesses are no longer in business, but may reemerge once I'm successful in other parts of my career. My twin sister, Ebony Thomas, and I co authored a healing journal,  21 Days to Healing Activity Journal, that's receiving praises from reality TV stars, therapists and their clients.

Lady Sasa "Solomon" Harris, born and raised in the city of Camden, NJ, is originally from the ballroom "Vogue" scene, and a big influence in the hip hop scene and also a social media influencer. An underground rapper who first made waves in the Philadelphia Ballroom scene, first dropping Lady Sasa's revenge in 2011 backed by ballroom Icon Kevin Jz, Lady Sasa went on to drop "you tried to com for me," a mixtape EP that showed not only House/Ballroom music, but Hip Hop and Rap skills not seen in Ballroom.

After moving to GA, Lady Sasa went on to record a freestyle REMIX to MEGATRON and Hot girl summer. Now back in Philadelphia, Lady Sasa is working with mentor Rose Williams of Global Citizens Press Collective. Lady Sasa will be launching We So Shady Entertainment and dropping a new mixtape in 2020.

Look forward to new music and amazing moments along the way!

Author Dinah is a 38 year old published author, born and raised in St. Louis, MO.

Finding Love After Pain is about a young lady that has been married for four years. All she wants is to complete her family by conceiving, but her husband has other plans.

About the author:

Author Dinah says, her ideal writing space is a nice sized desk with a small collection of writing books on top, with candles, a picture of my logo attached to the wall, along with a with a dry eraser board to keep her on track. 

When asked if her book were turned into a movie, who would play the main characters? She replies, Maria will play Akiha, Maurie will play Jericho, and Anthony will be Sequoia. 

She says if she were stranded on an island, LaVasha would be the person she could depend on. She knows that she will be her survival kit, because she’s that ride or die chick for her love ones, all day long.

Besides being a writer, Author Dinah enjoys reading and arts and crafts. She designs custom bracelets.

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You can’t have a name like Melody Star without having a passion for music! At the tender age of 3, Melody starred in her very first YouTube video, singing and playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the Drums. She also played her first recital in Kindergarten, where she performed a short repertoire of some of her favorite selections on her signature pink Violin. Her talent for learning to play musical instruments has since expanded to the Bass, Guitar, and Keyboard. Today, MelodyStar, is a 7-year-old Musician/Entertainer who is enjoying the release of her first Hip Hop Single ON GO, which she co-wrote while developing her alter ego cartoon character – Starchella! 

While music is her passion, Melody is no stranger to the worlds of acting and modeling. She has 3 feature film roles and 14 runway shows under her belt. She made her film debut with a cameo appearance in the music visual Ups and Downs. Other feature roles include Indie films Afterbirth and Val. Her biggest film role to date, includes an appearance in several flashback scenes of Don’t You Tell a Soul, a period film starring several academy award winning actors. This fall, Melody will star in the lead role as a young blind Girl in the movie Perception. 

Her first time on stage was as a runway model at Brooklyn Fashion Week, at age 4; and, she hasn’t slowed down yet. In fact, Melody has modeled for popular Children’s clothing retailers such as Belk Kids, Dillard’s Kids, and Justice. Her high-end runway show experience includes modeling at exclusive events such as Miami Art Basel and New York Fashion Week. She has also been featured in Dixie Magazine numerous times.

The gentlemen in the photo (from left to right) are David Johnson, Chris Souffrant, Fabrice Avril, Zikomo Barr, and Jerrold Luberis. After traveling to St. Maarten for a fraternity brother's wedding, they took this picture during the reception portion of the festivities.

The men are all general members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. They are not entirely sure how their picture was chosen to be the cover of the article, however, they assume it was chosen from photos that were tagged #blackboyjoy.

Phillip Barrington aka the self proclaimed Don of Rap, Macdonthefifth, is a rapper, producer, inspiring actor, and fashionista.  He is the CEO of his own label, called "Roundtable Don-glomerates."  He was previously signed to Warner Bros Records and was on a compalation album called "Can We Play."  He states that that was his first brush with the big leagues. He was then signed to FUBU Ent/Universal Records.

Currently, he is in the midst of finishing up his album entitled "Mature Thug." The songs that he is presenting now are songs off of that album.  "Memories" feat.Queenbabylove and "Roots in the South" feat Kaotic Sapreme and DSA are off of the upcoming album. 

Macdonthefifth has worked with a ton of artists, like. Nice n Smooth, Ludacris, Mr. Cheeks, LL Cool J, Kane, Uncle Murda, Sweet Tee, Ma Barker, Thriller ... and  the list goes on.

He states that he is on a serious grind and in the future, God willing, he should be one of the Greatest Rappers the game has ever seen!

Diamond is truly the female version of a hustler. Diamond Niquá (knee- qway), professionally known as Diamond The Diva, is an eighteen-year-old, melodic rapper, singer-songwriter, born and raised in New York. Diamond effectively pursues her music career while remaining in college and working. She has done work in retail, childcare, and even politics, but always had her mind on the music. While working and going to school, Diamond uses the knowledge and profits she gains wisely by investing in herself and her music career.

With inspirations such as Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj, Ashanti, Rihanna, and A Boogie With The Hoodie, Diamond is able to create and share music for her audience to gain a personal connection with her, cope with daily struggles, and simply enjoy life to the fullest. 

Diamond is a growing force to be reckoned with. With only a couple of months professionally in the music industry, Diamond has grown as an artist. Her vibrant, enthusiastic attitude and skillset help towards her great ongoing network. She has performed at Black Thorn 51, C Lounge, and college events at Hofstra University and Pace University. She has also been featured in Blaze Magazine.

With her two recently released singles, “Pop Out” and “Look Me in the Eyes,” streaming on several major platforms, Diamond hopes to successfully represent her generation, as a female in the hip hop music industry, in a new light. 

Diamond can be followed on Instagram and Twitter @diamondthydiva and also follow her on her journey to success on her youtube channel "Diamond The Diva".

NEW MUSIC MONDAYS on Endie Fiya, hosted by Nakia.

Giving you some of the HOTTEST new music, from some of the HOTTEST indepndent artists in the industry, globally.

 

This episode features:

Diamond the Diva (LIVE on Too Lit Tuesdays on Endie Fiya 11/19 @ 6:30pmEST), Kriptik (UK Grime Artist), Tim Trilioni (featured artist of the month),  Lynne Taylor Donovan (Canadian Country Music artist), Mark Haze (Cape Town, South Africa), Key Suave ft JM,  RW Roldan, Tommy Roumanas.

For submissions, email Monica at  [email protected] with Subject Line: New Music Mondays Submission

All genres accepted.

Shawn Wilson was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. Oldest of 7 siblings and a military brat, he obtained an Associate’s Degree in Culinary arts and a Bachelor’s Degree in Food and Beverage management from Johnson and Wales University in Miami, Fl. Working in notable restaurants, he has catered for celebrities such as Jay-Z, Beyonce, Birdman, Drake, Russell Simmons, Dwayne Wade and many more.

Shawn’s first small business was a party promotion company on South Beach. He was responsible for hosting local guests, tourists and high-end celebrities to prestigious clubs, dinner parties, lounges and hotels seven days a week. He also worked with quick flip investors creating celebrity exclusive driven parties.

After life came crashing down on him, from a bad car accident, breakup, and needing to take care of family, Shawn moved back to New York. Finding dead end jobs, Shawn initially needed to make quick money and not be constrained by a regular job and that’s when he thought of making Coquito. 

Shawn Wilson is now the Founder of the start-up business Cocovida Coquito.  Cocovida Coquito sells and distributes Coquito throughout the Greater area of New York, Westchester, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. This year alone, Cocovida Coquito was a sponsor of the Big Bronx Festival, has done various pop up shops, was featured on the D’essence show on the television network BronxNet, a guest on Deadbeat Baby Daddy Podcast, hosted the first ever Bottomless Coquito Brunch and yearly Ultimate tasting party holiday season kick off.

Within the next year, the goal is to continue marketing and branding the business in order to build the capital needed to acquire mass production and inventory while supplying Coquito to multiple outlets.

Sez Zion Jazz Band was formed in 2001 out of Bridgeport, CT .The band consists of a quartet of great musicians from all walks of life. Each member has their own unique style of play that has become a great asset to the band. Their expertise has catapulted the band to create a very sought after sound and to becoming well known on the East Coast." All compositions are original materials written by Sez Zion band members.

C.Lamont Williams (keys). Moncure Williams (bass). Kenny Blackwell (guitar). and James Jones (drums). Though fusion and smooth jazz are the main forte of Sez Zion, they have no problem remaking a classic into their own unique style of play.

Each and every composition is made personal through each member of Sez Zion's members passion, character and life experiences. Their music is created to fit the lives of people of all ages and all walks of life. Lamont's smooth piano sounds, Moncure's heavy bass lines, Kenny's silky guitar chords accompanied by James's rhythmic beat.

Sez Zion's brand of jazz has spread like wild fire! In high demand by many, Sez Zion is on the rise in the smooth jazz field. The band has played on numerous stages throughout the years. Sez Zion is continuing to make a great name for themselves locally and beyond and will only "keep moving forward".

~Sez Zion

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