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Y’all weren’t really listening to the Queen Nina: How to be young, gifted and black? Oh, how I long to know the truth There are times when I look back And I am haunted by my youth Oh, but my joy of today Is that we can all be proud to say "To be young, gifted and black Is where it's at" - Nina Simone …And that’s a fact. 📸: (at Black Enterprise Magazine) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClMGFXJODYS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

What they said wasn’t possible, #ShaadDid Don’t shoot the messenger. 🤷🏽‍♂️ The Spider✅ The Scorpion✅ The Lizard✅ The Serpent✅ The Wolf✅ The Eagle 🦅 ✅ Currently: The Phoenix ♏️ (at Victory) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkYmUDMOuZg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#TheWorldIsUnderNewManagement In September, we launched our @forbestheculture Journeys To Wealth Series in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A 3 day immersive experience in a place that most of the participants had never traveled to but now see as a 2nd home. The birthplace of American Black Wealth. The current home of a burgeoning Black economic system. The crime scene of the Black WallStreet Massacre. We took 50 of the premiere Black culturemakers to learn the history of yesteryear, engage in what’s happening now, and connect with those shaping future of tomorrows. The best part? This entire vision was executed by Black women @kiacole__ of @kiacoleevents__ , @raquelharristv & the team @buildintulsa The 2nd best part, this is only the beginning! Link in For(bes) The Culture’s bio to learn more. #forbestheculture #journeystowealth (at Black Wall Street Tulsa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjcBOy-MAqg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Today is the 5 Year Anniversary of For(bes) The Culture & I can’t event process it yet… Still reeling from For(bes) The Culture’s 1st in the series of Journeys To Wealth: Tulsa, Queens Of Culture & of course Kings Of Culture as pictured here. Many many many more. We’ve come a long way in 5 years and we are STILL just getting started! And as expected, I’ll have more to say later 😎 #ForbesTheCulture #QueensOfCulture #KingsOfCulture #LegendsOfBusiness (at Culture Tour) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjOVT_2OqVH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Grateful for all who were able to attend and even those who supported from afar. Every King’s balcony is a target out in the garden. That’s why we must to cover each other in order to go farther. Connect + Collaborate = Change #ForbesTheCulture #TheWorldIsUnderNewManagement #KingsOfCulture #LegendsOfBusiness Make sense now? 😎 Tag some of the Kings in your life (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjIz75cOcOI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Combating The New “Jim Code” is about creating equitable access to the creation, utilization, and implementation of tech, something once thought of as a luxury that is now a necessity to our everyday basic needs. For us adults, yes of course. But mostly for our youth to level a very very very disproportionate playing field. Thanks @aartitandonnyc and @smartcityexpousa2022 for highlighting this issue and thanks to these City CEOs and fellow tech equity avengers I had the pleasure to join, Mayors @frankscottjrlr @vilylescltt & @stevenlouisreed 📸: @dereckdidit (at Miami Beach Convention Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CinSIgMJMdo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Boy, you must be off your rocker If you think you'll make it off the strip before they 'Pac ya/, you gotta be psychotic or mixing something potent with your vodka/ It takes a lot to shock us but you being so prosperous is preposterous/ How could this nappy-headed boy from out the projects Be the apple of America's obsession?/ You totally disconnected with reality, don't believe in dreams/ Since when did black men become kings?" - Hov (Shiny Suit Theory) Thanks for the recognition @aldianews 🗞️ 📸: @stevencwtaylor the 🐐 (at North Side of Philly) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch42GppuCUU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Yerrrr I’m proud to be @blackxtheblock !! S/O to @stefondiggs @lifeoflanie @love.char @ameaza @forbestheculture @trifectammm . Sunday was incredible and that’s simply because Black women are truly magical and Black business is the cornerstone of this country. We built it. We carry it. We innovated it. 🚀🚀🚀 📸: @jamarhutcheson (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgN7GytjNhK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@monkeypawproductions x @metaquest have launched the Monkeypaw Productions: All Aboard” and “NOPE World: by Monkeypaw Productions” experiences in virtual reality and they are DOPE! I got an early preview last week (more on that tomorrow) and if you haven’t you should DEFINITELY check it out in @horizonworlds Worlds on the Oculus. Major S/O to the world builders Ashley Briley @ashes2ashes2 Samantha Nunoo @nahema_creations Matt Torres @tellous & Kevin Dixon: @meta_vashspike2000 ! #TheFutureIsBlack #ForbesTheCulture #TheWorldIsUnderNewManagement (at Nopeville) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf8AL-GDPGD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thank you @aldianews ! Honored to be recognized amongst great people in my own city. Rumor has it that Philly eats its young, but I guess you’re only on the menu if you aren’t at the table or creating your own. Cheers 🥂 to the #CultureMakers (at West Philadelphia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfvPSusOomZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Queens Have & Will Always Reign Supreme! I’m honored to have been able to convene such a dynamic group of Queens for the @forbestheculture x @louisvuitton x @moethennessy inaugural “Queens Of Culture” Soiree (I added the soiree part because… I like soirées) The energy and magic in the room was magnetic and everybody in attendance came in that For(bes) The Culture spirit of collaboration over competition. I love it when we link up with purpose. I love to see women uplifting and empowering women. I love OUR culture. More soon. Cheers to the CultureMakers 🥂 📸: @stevencwtaylor (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfIdkwxDkxp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@forbestheculture x @louisvuitton - @moethennessy For(bes) The Culture announced its new partnership with Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy USA and revealed an event series, “Legends of Culture”, which was created to celebrate women and men of color who are changing the game in their respective industries while paving the way for others. We’re starting this series with “Queens Of Culture” because Black women are the mothers of civilization —- The Culture Makers. Our past, present and future heavily depends on their role in society. Often imitated but never duplicated. To the Queens, in memory of the legacy of the great @virgilabloh who shared this same sentiment, cheers 🥂. #CultureMakers #ForbesTheCulture (at Champagne, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cein8ibOt68/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It was a regular chair just like the rest but as soon as I sat in it, it became a… 😎🏰👑 #BlackManMagic (at Miami Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeWFIhEO283/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Behind the scenes of the season finale of #WYLL Season 2 from Miami 🎥: @hec_wooder_ice 📸: @stevencwtaylor What’s Your Life Like - Season 2 Episode 16 out NOWWW Season 3 on the wayyyy… what y’all wanna see? 👀📝 (at Miami Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd4bNqYjI8z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The day before I left for South Africa, I moderated the panel “Connecting Culture With Code for Black Tech Haus x @wearekarat which featured @anthonydmays & @notdanilu . Dope discussion and the BTH team even gifted me a gold watch from a Black owned company @talleyandtwine Swipe to the next to last slide to see a bonus and the last slide to see my next panel announcement! (at Miami Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdYegr5Mz2C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ScrollersChoice : "If you want to talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply somone's idea going through my new mind." Or “I think there are a lot of people that are neglected in art, I don’t know if it’s because of who made the paintings or what, but, um … black people are never really portrayed realistically or I mean not even portrayed in modern art.” Both by @jean_michel_basquiat as well as all artwork (at The Palladium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIvVi2uC3w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=