In September I hosted a panel with hip-hop fashion legends Dapper Dan, Misa Hylton, and April Walker, as well as directors Lisa Cortes and Farah X, for the screening of "The Remix: Hip-Hop x Fashion" documentary at Afrikana Film Festival. It was an eye opening conversation about what it means to create, how to start over (even after being wildly successful), and how to sell your family on your vision for life. If you need a creative pick me up, check this out. 

This week's episode is with Ro Keel, an community organizer and marijuana justice advocate from Richmond. We talk about their path to organizing via the gay club, what it's like to party in RVA, and what is at stake with marijuana decriminalization the Commonwealth.

The Creative Kickback is back! This week Terryn speaks to Silly Genius and PT Carroll, the members of art collaborative Black Belt Jones (They're the ones who painted the giant Richmond mural over in Manchester). They talk about public art as activism, working full time gigs + painting, and what they do for fun outside of art. 

Kris Banks and Thia'a Rahman know a thing or two about how politics works -- between the two they've worked on presidential and gubernatorial races, and spill the tea on what it's like to be young, black and working on campaign. 

DJ, Business Designer, and Curator Brandon Ball talks about how he balances two creative careers, loving the "Black Godfather" documentary, and...Cookout trays LOL. 

On this episode of the Creative Kickback we kick it with Lakeisha Henderson, a Richmond native and founder of Bike & Brunch Tours, where people bike (of course), brunch, and learn more about their communities, and heal in the process. Check it out!

A civil engineer by day, DJ by night, DJ Nobe talks about his long, winding road to creative work, the future of music, and what it's like being in the music scene in Richmond, VA. 

Public artist Hamilton Glass talks about how Richmond's mural art scene came to be, his roots in Philly, his grind:rest ratio, how he balances family life, and most importantly -- what it was like before he got "on" (hint: everyone's ashy before the glow up).

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T.

This week T. talks with Maga Stories, the tall, energetic man behind AfroSocaLove. For folks who have never been, AfroSocaLove is a sweatbox dance party with the loving vibes of an Oprah Super Soul Sunday podcast. It mashes up afrobeats, soca, and dancehall and produces the same vibes you feel playing mas on the road in Trinidad. 

Maga Stories talks about his road to creating AfroSocaLove, now a national event that brings people together in cities like Chicago, Durham, Oakland, and DC. He also digs into how his background set the stage for his current success, and what he hopes people walk away with after their experience with AfroSocaLove. Check it out!

This week T. talks with Driadonna Roland, Development Producer at Complex Networks, over a glass of cabernet sauvignon. She breaks down her winding path to hip-hop journalism, from the West side of Detroit (shout out to Renaissance!) to J-school at Florida A&M University, to working for the Detroit Lions, Buzzfeed, Revolt TV, and now developing content at Complex. She has some great stories about editing people who can't spell and what it takes to be great in the ever-shifting journalism industry. Also she has some really spicy takes on Detroit rap. Check it out!