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"The Chocolate Scoop" Podcast #7 "The Rhythm and Rhyme Of It All" - Music and the Shaping of Black Manhood

Recorded March 1, 2026

Join Producer/Host Nikki Williams as she is reunited with former Bronx Writers Corp members Mr. Azekiwe Providence and Mr. Steven Sapp. Mr. Providence is a Photographer, Performance Poet, Documentarian, Educator, and Community Curator. Mr. Sapp is a Writer, Poet, Director, Performance Artist and Co-founder of two organizations: "The Point" and "UniVerses."  

In this in-depth and extended discussion, both guests share their thoughts on how music, in particular, Rap and Hip Hop, informed and shaped their understanding of Black Manhood back in the early days of the music genre's inception.  Like Rap and Hip Hop, both Artists were raised in the Bronx with Fathers who heavily influenced their sense and style of Artistry.  

In addition to being Educators and Practicing Artists, Mr. Providence and Mr. Sapp, speak about their personal strategies of how they look to reach today's young up and coming Artists.

"The Chocolate Scoop" Podcast #7 "The Rhythm and Rhyme Of It All" - Music and the Shaping of Black Manhood

Recorded March 1, 2026

Join Producer/Host Nikki Williams as she is reunited with former Bronx Writers Corp members Mr. Azekiwe Providence and Mr. Steven Sapp.

Mr. Providence is a Photographer, Performance Poet, Documentarian, Educator, and Community Curator. Mr. Sapp is a Writer, Poet, Director, Performance Artist and Co-founder of two organizations: "The Point" and "UniVerses."  

In this in-depth and extended discussion, both guests share their thoughts on how music, in particular, Rap and Hip Hop, informed and shaped their understanding of Black Manhood back in the early days of the music genre's inception.  Like Rap and Hip Hop, both Artists were raised in the Bronx with Fathers who heavily influenced their sense and style of Artistry.  

In addition to being Educators and Practicing Artists, Mr. Providence and Mr. Sapp, speak about their personal strategies of how they look to reach today's young up and coming Artists.

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"The Dreams Eye See" - A vibrant vocalizing of Visions with two veterans working in the visual medium (theater, film, photography). Join Producer/Host Nikki Williams Producer/Host of "The Chocolate Scoop," with her guests Ms. Barbara Chirinos, the Inaugural Artistic Director of the Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation and the Arts (CI&A) and the LaTonya Richardson Jackson and Samuel L. Jackson Center for the Performing Arts, and Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Photographer, Educator, Author, and Cultural Historian, Mr. Melvin McCray III, as they share Narratives and Knowledge about how their Visual Artforms, shaped their life-long Creative Dreams.

"The Chocolate Scoop" podcast #5 premiers with the first podcast of "Brother's Gonna Work it Out" - Black Men in the Arts Speak about Roles and Responsibilities as Black Male Creators.

The first podcast starts with a conversation with Jamaican born Mr. E. Lloyd Napier, Educator, Actor, Director, Playwright, Visual Artist. Mr. Napier speaks about his Jamaican roots, his professional career in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and other parts of the United States.

Mr. Napier also shares reflections on his Artistic Career spanning over a fifty-year period, as well as his reflections on the influence of the late Theater Visionary, Mr. Woodie King, Jr., on Black Theater and the Arts. Recorded February 8, 2026

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The Chocolate Scoop" Podcast #1: "The Gift of Beginning Again"  - A Conversation with Innovators and Creators, Dr. Venis Wilder Henry and Attorney Kevin Sylvan. Both Dr. Venis Wilder and Attorney Kevin Sylvan are Artists as well as Professionals with their own Practices.

In this inaugural "The Chocolate Scoop" podcast, the audience learns how Dr. Venis Wilder and Attorney Kevin Sylvan balance Practice and Art and how each influences the other in their daily lives.

Both guests share family narratives and read a selection of poetry from their original collections.

Recorded January 11, 2026. Nikki Williams Producer/Host.

"The Chocolate Scoop" Podcast #4 In this continuing celebration of the Artistic Spirit, we welcome you, the audience to be part of a personal and revealing Creative Conversation with Authors, Poets, and Performance Artists, Josefina Baez, and Tumani Ra'ine Jordan.  In this inspirational and Heartfelt episode, two dynamic Women Artists of the African Diaspora - one African Dominican, the other African American, share poetry, prose, and insights that cross "so-called" borders and boundaries. Join us in this Sistah Soul Connection of Culture, as we Celebrate the power of Faith and Sacredness of Sistahood. This episode of "The Chocolate Scoop" was recorded on February 1, 2026. Nikki Williams Producer/Host.

"Love & Passion: The New LP" In this third episode of "The Chocolate Scoop" podcast, Nikki Williams' Room for Living, is filled with the Joyful Spirit of three fabulous Jazz Musicians, North Carolinian born and bred, Trombonist Tyrone Jefferson, and born and bred South Carolinian Vocalist and Lyricist Terri Davis. Adding to the sparkling conversation is Tyrone's wife and collaborator, Vocalist and Lyricist Toni Jefferson.

With decades of musicianship under each of their brilliant belts, each Musician discusses what it takes to find and keep the Love and Passion needed to create, live and thrive as Artists. Tyrone Jefferson and Terri Davis also speak about their Carolinian roots and the people who inspired their creativity.

"The Chocolate Scoop" is a weekly podcast that offers Theatrical and Literary Performances, Music and Art, News, and Interviews, as it celebrates the Mocha-Middle, Melanin-Rich Creative Spirit of Artists of Color.

Nikki Williams is the Producer/Host of "The "Chocolate Scoop"

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"They'll Be Singing Over Me" - A Melanin Melodic Conversation with Authors: Dr. Kevin McGruder, Associate Professor of History at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, Author of Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920, Ms. Lorraine Currelley, Author, NY USA Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate, Executive Director for the Bronx Book Fair aka The People’s Book Fair and Founder and Executive Director for Poets Network & Exchange. and Dr. Lindamichelle Baron, Poet, Author, Faculty Advisor for the international Honor Society for Teachers, and Associate Professor, York College.

On this second podcast of "The Chocolate Scoop," our special guests speak about the Triumphs of Creativity, Education, and Innovation, as it pertains to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2026. The podcast is also a Poetic Tribute to the sweet "Laying on of Hands," of 1950's and 1960's Childhood.

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