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Haitian Appreciation Thread
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Madison Park valedictorian is first in family to go to college — and to graduate high school - The Boston Globe
Lourdjinia Louis came here five and a half years ago from Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, bewildered by US culture and speaking no English as she enrolled in Boston Public Schools. Last month she graduated at the top of her class.
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*center, second row.....not smiling, in true old school Ayisyen style
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Caught the first game of the World Cup. Not enough of a soccer fan to really enjoy the match. So to keep interested, I was laughing trying to figure out why Naomi Osaka switched sides on us.
CEO Of Cryptocurrency And Forex Trading Platform Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For $240 Million Scheme To Defraud Investors.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Eddy Alexandre defrauded tens of thousands of ordinary investors of almost a quarter-billion dollars in his cryptocurrency investment scam. Alexandre’s fraud was brazen and included fabricating weekly investment returns of at least 5% out of thin air and falsely claiming to use artificial intelligence trading technology that did not even exist. Most egregiously, Alexandre recruited many of his investors by exploiting his position of trust within his church and the Haitian community, even going so far as to enlist members of the church to help recruit EminiFX investors. As today’s sentence demonstrates, cryptocurrency executives who lie and cheat their customers will be held to account for their crimes.”
CEO Of Cryptocurrency And Forex Trading Platform Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For $240 Million Scheme To Defraud Investors
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EDDY ALEXANDRE was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan to nine years in prison for engaging in commodities fraud.
For Black businesses in Boston, NAACP convention is ‘a game changer
For Black businesses in Boston, NAACP convention is ‘a game changer’ - The Boston Globe
The civil rights organization has hired dozens of local Black-owned businesses as vendors, for services like event planning, public relations, and transportation.
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Thanks, this is a great story. Interesting how the cultures are slightly different in the different regions of the diaspora. Seems like South Florida Ayisyen kids have explored a wide range of career paths. I can name maybe two female cops who were Ayisyen my entire life.
Love to read about us succeeding in non traditional career paths.
This is another great example. In different cities, that industry is cornered by different races and ethnic groups. To the point where they have it on LOCK. Glad to see this man create a lane for himself.For Black businesses in Boston, NAACP convention is ‘a game changer’ - The Boston Globe
The civil rights organization has hired dozens of local Black-owned businesses as vendors, for services like event planning, public relations, and transportation.
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Saw this commercial before, never noticed who the actor was before today
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Swatch X Jean-Michel Basquiat - Artist collaboration watches
Explore our special collection of art watches inspired by the iconic artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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Oct 6, 2022
The Fertile Crescent of Music : Haiti, Cuba and Louisiana
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Airs tonight
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Hip
Hop and my Haitian heritage, this post is meant to highlight several Haitian American managers and Execs in Hip Hop.
1. Harve Pierre - Current President and partial owner of Bad Boy Entertainment as well as Head of A&R / Head of Music Publishing. He has been with Bad Boy since the inception and has been part of shaping every aspect of the label's groundbreaking success, including managing the entire Bad Boy Music catalog since its beginning. He currently oversees Finance, Creative, Radio & Street Promotions, Marketing, A&R/Administration, Publicity, Digital, Content Management, International, Business Affairs and Sales divisions at the label. Harve also oversees Bad Boy's video, Sean Combs personal video content and music archive. Went to Howard University with Sean Combs, Mark Pitts, and Derek Angelettie. Harve also performed under the alias Joe Hooker.
2. Mona Scott Young - Former co-owner and president of Violator Management and current CEO Of Monami Productions. Along with Chris Lighty, Mona helped manage the careers of Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J and Missy Elliot, whom she still manages today. She’s produced hit television series for VH1, We TV, Bravo, and more.
3. Claudine Joseph- current chief operating officer of LL COOL J Inc, where she manages the daily operation for LL’s brand. She got her start as executive assistant to CEO Chris Lighty in 1999 and was promoted to junior manager, manager and vice president of Violator management. Before that she was production manager for Wu-Wear. Claudine is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology and holds a bachelor of science in marketing and international trade
4. Shakim Compere- Co-CEO of Flavor Unit Management and Flavor Unit Entertainment, along with Queen Latifah Flavor Unit, founded by Latifah and business partner Shakim Compere, has produced award-winning films including Beauty Shop, The Perfect Holiday, Just Wright and Bessie, as well as HBO’s Life Support. More recently, Latifah and Compere produced The Real MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story, The Best Place to Be, Curvy Style with Timothy Snell, The Perfect Match and The Rap Game. Past management include Naughty by Nature, Monica, Outkast, and Apache amongst several others.
5. Pierre Jospitre aka Rich Player - Fat Joe’s Business Manager and graduate of Pace University. Rich has been a member of TS for years and is Fat Joe's right hand man.
7. Hurby Azor aka Hurby Luvbug – Discovered Salt-N-Pepa. Established Idol Makers Management and Idol Makers Films. Managed and produced Kid N Play, Sweet Tee, Dana Dane, and Kwame, among others.
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8. Michael Jean Clervoix aka Sha Money XL - former president of G-Unit records, VP of A&R at Def Jam records where he signed Big K.R.I.T & 2 Chainz, Senior VP of urban music at Epic records where he signed Bobby Shmurda & Yo Gotti as well as A&R Travis Scott's 1st release. Sha Money XL continues to produce and executive produce hit records in the music industry today and currently is president of Teamwork Music Inc. running his own music label.
9. Bob Celestine - A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, Bob started his legal career as an associate at Kaye, Scholar, et. al practice, corporate law. He went on to work in the legal department of Arista Records with Clive Davis. He then went on to work as the VP/GM of Uptown Records under Andre Harell. And then Untouchables Entertainment, Inc., the home of Pete Rock; CL Smooth and Donnell Jones, also as VP/GM. He also managed the Grammy nominated and platinum selling Pop/R&B group City High. He represented both xxxtencion and Pop Smoke as an entertainment lawyer.
10. Steven Victor - Victor’s background includes running G.O.O.D. Music, the imprint founded by Kanye West and distributed through Def Jam, and representing clients include Pusha T, The-Dream and the late Pop Smoke. Victor was named Def Jam’s executive VP of A&R in October of 2017 and left the company in 2019 to shift to a senior VP of A&R role at Universal Music Group, Def Jam’s parent company, and work on his joint venture with UMG, Victor Victor Worldwide. He is the founder and current CEO of Victor Victor Worldwide, COO of GOOD Music, and SVP of A&R at Universal Music Group. Steven attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and Psychology.
11. Melissa Victor-Burkhardt - Melissa Victor is the Vice President at Sony Music Entertainment. She works with artists and executives of Island Records, Def Jam Recordings and Mercury Records on television, Internet and print media exposure. Victor got her start at Interscope Records in 2001. She's a graduate of Spellman with a political science and government degree. Melissa is also the sister of Steven Victor above.
12. Niel Dominique - got his start as an intern for DJ Envy then became assistant to Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, worked his way to being an A&R at Bad Boy records. Now Dominique is Bryson Tiller’s manager and Director of Music and Talent for Revolt TV.
13. Marsha St. Hubert- Senior Vice Presidents of Urban Marketing for Atlantic Records. Hubert is the senior vice president of urban marketing for Atlantic record. She got her start in the business in 2002 as an intern for Lyor Cohen at IDJ. When Cohen left IDJ for WMG in 2004, he asked St. Hubert to join him. Shortly after moving to WMG, St. Hubert went to work for Atlantic Co-Chairman & CEO Craig Kallman, first as his assistant and then as A&R Operations Manager. In 2007, St. Hubert moved to Atlantic’s marketing department as a Product Manager, spearheading breakthrough projects by artists such as Wiz Khalifa, DJ Drama, and Lupe Fiasco. In 2012, she left the company for a two-year stint at Epic Records. St. Hubert returned to Atlantic in 2014, reuniting with Wiz Khalifa and other artists. She's also part of Cardi B's management team.
14. Carl Chery - the current Creative Director and Head of Urban Music at Spotify. Carl has previously worked as the Head of Hip-Hop/R&B Programming at Beats Music, the Digital Content Director at Harris Publications, and the Head of Artist Curation at Apple Music. Carl also spent two years as the Executive Editor at BET Digital. But he got his start working for SOHH.com Carl Chery has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Brooklyn College.
15. Karen Civil- Current EVP/GM of Young Money Records. Karen has worked Nipsey Hussle to former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Wayne was her first client when she launched her marketing agency, always civil.
16. Jimmy Rosemond aka Jimmy Henchman- Founder and CEO of Czar entertainment. Former music manager/executive producer for the Game, Akon, Brandy, Gucci Mane, and several others. Got his start as the founder of the "How Can I Be Down" music conference. Rosemond is currently serving a life sentence in Federal prison where he continues to appeal his sentence. Jimmy Henchman's son is carrying on his father's legacy as the manager of rap artist Ice Spice.
17. Yves C Pierre- Agent at CAA, spent 9 years at ICM before that where she represented Rapsody, Migos, and Lil Yachty. Yves started out as a college rep for Def Jam Recordings during her undergraduate years at the University of Maryland in College Park. Then got an internship turned job at Rocafella.
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18. Wallace Joseph - SVP of A&R @ Warner Chapell Music
19. Jeffrey Juin SVP of A&R at Sony
20. Nicole Plantin – Vice President/ A&R at Rostrum Records. Before joining Rostrum, Plantin was director of writer-publisher relations at BMI. During her tenure there, she signed Jhené Aiko, ScHoolboy Q, Odd Future, Dreezy and Joey Bada$$. Plantin began her music career with The Neptunes’ Star Trak label, whose roster included Clipse, Kelis, and N.E.R.D. Plantin has spent nearly three years at Rostrum as Senior Director, Management, and A&R. Plantin was the previous Director, Writer-Publisher Relations at BMI in Los Angeles
Hop and my Haitian heritage, this post is meant to highlight several Haitian American managers and Execs in Hip Hop.
1. Harve Pierre - Current President and partial owner of Bad Boy Entertainment as well as Head of A&R / Head of Music Publishing. He has been with Bad Boy since the inception and has been part of shaping every aspect of the label's groundbreaking success, including managing the entire Bad Boy Music catalog since its beginning. He currently oversees Finance, Creative, Radio & Street Promotions, Marketing, A&R/Administration, Publicity, Digital, Content Management, International, Business Affairs and Sales divisions at the label. Harve also oversees Bad Boy's video, Sean Combs personal video content and music archive. Went to Howard University with Sean Combs, Mark Pitts, and Derek Angelettie. Harve also performed under the alias Joe Hooker.
2. Mona Scott Young - Former co-owner and president of Violator Management and current CEO Of Monami Productions. Along with Chris Lighty, Mona helped manage the careers of Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J and Missy Elliot, whom she still manages today. She’s produced hit television series for VH1, We TV, Bravo, and more.
3. Claudine Joseph- current chief operating officer of LL COOL J Inc, where she manages the daily operation for LL’s brand. She got her start as executive assistant to CEO Chris Lighty in 1999 and was promoted to junior manager, manager and vice president of Violator management. Before that she was production manager for Wu-Wear. Claudine is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology and holds a bachelor of science in marketing and international trade
4. Shakim Compere- Co-CEO of Flavor Unit Management and Flavor Unit Entertainment, along with Queen Latifah Flavor Unit, founded by Latifah and business partner Shakim Compere, has produced award-winning films including Beauty Shop, The Perfect Holiday, Just Wright and Bessie, as well as HBO’s Life Support. More recently, Latifah and Compere produced The Real MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story, The Best Place to Be, Curvy Style with Timothy Snell, The Perfect Match and The Rap Game. Past management include Naughty by Nature, Monica, Outkast, and Apache amongst several others.
5. Pierre Jospitre aka Rich Player - Fat Joe’s Business Manager and graduate of Pace University. Rich has been a member of TS for years and is Fat Joe's right hand man.
7. Hurby Azor aka Hurby Luvbug – Discovered Salt-N-Pepa. Established Idol Makers Management and Idol Makers Films. Managed and produced Kid N Play, Sweet Tee, Dana Dane, and Kwame, among others.
Idol Maker: The Genius of Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor
He crafted hits for Salt N Pepa, Kid n Play, Kwame and more. We talk to Hurby "Luv Bug" about his legacy.
8. Michael Jean Clervoix aka Sha Money XL - former president of G-Unit records, VP of A&R at Def Jam records where he signed Big K.R.I.T & 2 Chainz, Senior VP of urban music at Epic records where he signed Bobby Shmurda & Yo Gotti as well as A&R Travis Scott's 1st release. Sha Money XL continues to produce and executive produce hit records in the music industry today and currently is president of Teamwork Music Inc. running his own music label.
9. Bob Celestine - A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, Bob started his legal career as an associate at Kaye, Scholar, et. al practice, corporate law. He went on to work in the legal department of Arista Records with Clive Davis. He then went on to work as the VP/GM of Uptown Records under Andre Harell. And then Untouchables Entertainment, Inc., the home of Pete Rock; CL Smooth and Donnell Jones, also as VP/GM. He also managed the Grammy nominated and platinum selling Pop/R&B group City High. He represented both xxxtencion and Pop Smoke as an entertainment lawyer.
10. Steven Victor - Victor’s background includes running G.O.O.D. Music, the imprint founded by Kanye West and distributed through Def Jam, and representing clients include Pusha T, The-Dream and the late Pop Smoke. Victor was named Def Jam’s executive VP of A&R in October of 2017 and left the company in 2019 to shift to a senior VP of A&R role at Universal Music Group, Def Jam’s parent company, and work on his joint venture with UMG, Victor Victor Worldwide. He is the founder and current CEO of Victor Victor Worldwide, COO of GOOD Music, and SVP of A&R at Universal Music Group. Steven attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and Psychology.
11. Melissa Victor-Burkhardt - Melissa Victor is the Vice President at Sony Music Entertainment. She works with artists and executives of Island Records, Def Jam Recordings and Mercury Records on television, Internet and print media exposure. Victor got her start at Interscope Records in 2001. She's a graduate of Spellman with a political science and government degree. Melissa is also the sister of Steven Victor above.
12. Niel Dominique - got his start as an intern for DJ Envy then became assistant to Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, worked his way to being an A&R at Bad Boy records. Now Dominique is Bryson Tiller’s manager and Director of Music and Talent for Revolt TV.
13. Marsha St. Hubert- Senior Vice Presidents of Urban Marketing for Atlantic Records. Hubert is the senior vice president of urban marketing for Atlantic record. She got her start in the business in 2002 as an intern for Lyor Cohen at IDJ. When Cohen left IDJ for WMG in 2004, he asked St. Hubert to join him. Shortly after moving to WMG, St. Hubert went to work for Atlantic Co-Chairman & CEO Craig Kallman, first as his assistant and then as A&R Operations Manager. In 2007, St. Hubert moved to Atlantic’s marketing department as a Product Manager, spearheading breakthrough projects by artists such as Wiz Khalifa, DJ Drama, and Lupe Fiasco. In 2012, she left the company for a two-year stint at Epic Records. St. Hubert returned to Atlantic in 2014, reuniting with Wiz Khalifa and other artists. She's also part of Cardi B's management team.
14. Carl Chery - the current Creative Director and Head of Urban Music at Spotify. Carl has previously worked as the Head of Hip-Hop/R&B Programming at Beats Music, the Digital Content Director at Harris Publications, and the Head of Artist Curation at Apple Music. Carl also spent two years as the Executive Editor at BET Digital. But he got his start working for SOHH.com Carl Chery has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Brooklyn College.
15. Karen Civil- Current EVP/GM of Young Money Records. Karen has worked Nipsey Hussle to former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Wayne was her first client when she launched her marketing agency, always civil.
16. Jimmy Rosemond aka Jimmy Henchman- Founder and CEO of Czar entertainment. Former music manager/executive producer for the Game, Akon, Brandy, Gucci Mane, and several others. Got his start as the founder of the "How Can I Be Down" music conference. Rosemond is currently serving a life sentence in Federal prison where he continues to appeal his sentence. Jimmy Henchman's son is carrying on his father's legacy as the manager of rap artist Ice Spice.
17. Yves C Pierre- Agent at CAA, spent 9 years at ICM before that where she represented Rapsody, Migos, and Lil Yachty. Yves started out as a college rep for Def Jam Recordings during her undergraduate years at the University of Maryland in College Park. Then got an internship turned job at Rocafella.
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18. Wallace Joseph - SVP of A&R @ Warner Chapell Music
19. Jeffrey Juin SVP of A&R at Sony
20. Nicole Plantin – Vice President/ A&R at Rostrum Records. Before joining Rostrum, Plantin was director of writer-publisher relations at BMI. During her tenure there, she signed Jhené Aiko, ScHoolboy Q, Odd Future, Dreezy and Joey Bada$$. Plantin began her music career with The Neptunes’ Star Trak label, whose roster included Clipse, Kelis, and N.E.R.D. Plantin has spent nearly three years at Rostrum as Senior Director, Management, and A&R. Plantin was the previous Director, Writer-Publisher Relations at BMI in Los Angeles
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Remembering Black Firefighters Who Died On 9/11
Gerard Jean Baptiste
Gerard Baptiste - National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
From his mother: Gerard's most memorable qualities were his competitiveness‚ he liked challenges and saw them as opportunities to overcome and most
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Karl Henri Joseph
Karl H. Joseph - National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Karl H. Joseph‚ 25‚ firefighter‚ FDNY‚ Engine 207. A probationary firefighter‚ Joseph was described by fellow firefighters
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La Paix, Rest in Peace
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