Jimi Izrael
Jimi Izrael is an award-winning reporter and culture-critic from East Cleveland, Ohio who currently moderates The Barbershop for National Public Radios Tell Me More with Michel Martin, blogs the headline for the Washington Posts, The Root.com, and Primary Colors for TV One Online. [View Profile]

Karen Hunter
This Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is one of the most sought-after collaborators in publishing. She is also one of the most sought-after voices in America. She has recently parlayed her successes into her very-own imprint—Karen Hunter Publishing—a division of Pocket Books at Simon & Schuster. [View Profile]

Alonzo Williams
During his more than twenty-five plus years in the music industry, Lonzo has helped shape, structure and catapult the careers of some of Rap Music’s most notable and biggest talents to date - Dr. Dre, Battle cat, Eaze E and Ice Cube not to mention. [View Profile]

Deon Price
Deon Price is a former standup comedian with eighteen years of experience as a Youth Service Worker as well as ten years in juvenile probation. He has dedicated most of his adult life to the field of youth and child development. Currently he is a youth and family program Director for a major non-profit organization. [View Profile]

Daniel B. Landry
Daniel was born in San Francisco, California in 1968. He was raised in an area called the Western Addition, better known as the Fillmore. At the age of 13, Daniel would be kicked out of middle school, and at the age of 15 would also be kicked out of high school. [View Profile]

Richard B. Jefferson, Esq.
Richard B. Jefferson has extensive experience in Entertainment Law, Business Law, and Intellectual Property Law. He has been involved in the Entertainment industry for many years, primarily fulfilling the business and legal affairs component for small to medium-sized companies. [View Profile]

Saideh Browne
Saideh grew up when Hip-Hop was really building momentum; Kurtis Blow, Doug E. Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew were popular, Queen Latifah made the ladies proud, and Hip-Hop life in New York City was good. In 1989, Saideh was forced to deal with a teenage pregnancy; through the 90's she ran a successful urban marketing firm. [View Profile]

Mack D. McGhee
Mack Dion McGhee was born in Chicago Heights, IL. At the age of 19, Mack became the victim of violence while at a New Year’s Eve Party. During the attack, he took three blows to the head and face with the clawed side of a hammer, requiring 36 stitches to his face and head. [View Profile]