On this episode I am joined by spoken word artist, host, entrepreneur, and mentor JRose. She was born and raised in Queens and her love of hip hop inspired her to start writing poetry. After 20 years of writing and 7 years of performing on stages all over NYC, JRose decided she wanted to build a safe space for other creatives to share their work, so in 2018 she founded the creative platform The Rose Garden Events. JRose has expanded to curating and hosting performance based events such as monthly open mic nights, showcases, fundraisers, small business expos and more. In 2020 her creative journey led JRose to media production and journalism. She launched her first talk show “The JRose Experience”, where she brings an intimate look into the creative process of poetry, music, art and entrepreneurship from the perspective of Poets. What started out as a New York City based talk show quickly evolved into a country wide project that is now a traveling talk show. Additionally she facilitates spoken word workshops to teach children and young adults how to use poetry as a voice for their communities. We discuss her journey from page to stage as a spoken word artist, how she discovered her own power and that she didn’t come to play with nobody.

Get in touch: 
Jasmine “JRose” Rosario 
Website: https://www.therosegardenevents.com/
Instagram: @my_crumbled_thoughts

Ayana Major Bey 
Website: www.ayanabey.com
Instagram: @ayanambey

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Host & Exec. Producer: Ayana Major Bey 
Editor: Kieran Niemand 

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