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Robert Andre Glasper, Houston, Texas native is a pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger. His artistry bridges several different musical and artistic genres, mostly centered on jazz. To date, Glasper has won five Grammy Awards and received eleven nominations across eight categories.

Jerome Love is founder of one America's largest expos. The Texas Black Expo has become one of the largest and most influential African American events in the state, attracting thousands of attendees each year. The organization provides a space for African American businesses and entrepreneurs to connect with potential customers, partners and investors, and it offers a wide range of workshops, seminars, and networking opportunities designed to help its members succeed and thrive.

TC Thompkins of TC Thompkins LLC specializes in identifying icons and marketing them into stardom. His book “When Radio Was King” is the real story of the marketing genius behind Sade’s Diamond Life, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing. He is the man behind CBS, Epic’s record hottest run in music history, making them the #1 urban label in the world for three consecutive years while solely utilizing only the radio platform, and giving Epic records its most significant profit in the label’s history.

TC Thompkins shares his journey from his humble background and childhood dream of achieving a meaningful and note-worthy career in the music industry into living his dream and spearheading some of the most successful marketing strategies for iconic artists in music history. “When Radio Was King” drops the Mic on how artists such as Luther Vandross, Sade, Teddy Riley, Teddy Pendergrass, Mtume, and the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson on his legendary project “Thriller, making him the most culturally significant artist of the 20th century.

TV producer turned TV personality, Alexis “Fly” Jones served as a Top 10 market producer for KHOU Ch.11's Great Day Houston with host Deborah Duncan for 8 years. In 2021, she stepped from behind the camera to the front as a cast member for Will Packer’s hit show Ready To Love Season 4, premiering on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Today, she is the Video Producer Manager for Comcast, a Fortune 30 company, in which she creates video content for six regions of the company's West Division. This year for the first time, Comcast’s Texas' Region hit 1 million views on video content that highlights community work. This is partly due to her talent and contributions as a producer and the entire Creative Services team.

Graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2007, Alexis received her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media from Clark Atlanta University (HBCU), which she says prepared her for 15 successful years of experience within the media and entertainment industry. Jones is widely known for compelling storytelling that brings positive attention to various community organizations. Her personal delight is highlighting the successes in the black community to include black businesses, inspirational stories and service to others. 

She has been recognized by the Mayor of Houston (Sylvester Turner) for her contributions to the local community through television and was recently honored as 2022 CORE Magazine’s ‘Most Influential Blacks.’ Additionally, she was honored by her HBCU as Clark Atlanta University’s 'Top 40 Under 40' in 2022. Other accolades include three recent Telly Awards for storytelling to include her short film “Dear BLK Son” and Comcast’s “Hear Our Voices.”  

You can often find Alexis emceeing and hosting an array of community-wide events to include serving as Mistress of Ceremony for the Bo Porter Future All-Stars Baseball Academy, Afro-American Police Officers League (AAPOL), Urban League of Houston, Girls Who Brunch mentorship program, while serving on the board for the HSPVA Black Alumni Network and The Houston Association of Black Journalists, to name a few. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Her personal brand, affectionately known as Alexis “Fly,” sets out to inspire individuals to First Love Yourself and to faithfully fly high!

His name is MAJOR., and his impact the same. The American Soul singer's star fiercely struck at the debut of the now Platinum hit love song, "Why I Love You". As Stevie Wonder projected, lovers from all over the world have commissioned the breakout ballad as the perfect soundtrack for their own love stories. MAJOR. is a powerful storyteller on stage & screen who leans into authenticity as his superpower. - From his "NOW THAT'S MAJOR.com website.