Digital Issue #13 2022

Our 13th Issue is here and it’s about Hip Hop and Culture!

Feature + Cover Story
Amin Joseph is our cover selection for our 13th Issue. He is a classically trained and high sought out actor. His story and journey is one that begins with The Arts and how it gave him direction in life. The discipline he needed to form a life and career of abundance.

What’s Poppin – Beauty + Fashion
Beauty is empowering and produces confidence. We believe in ourselves much more when we look good in our own eyes. Tips to secure that confidence and the people that provide the acts of service by beautifying the world are highlighted here.

What’s Poppin – Health + Wellness
Being creative enables us to develop extraordinary art such as clothing, dancing, songs, and writing. Applying innovation and vision amplifies our expression that the world will appreciate. Tapping in your creative energy can improve wellness and health.
Dr. Telma – Yolonda Ross

What’s Poppin – Music
Music is an essential ingredient to life. As an important element in our culture, music is a key to unlocking creativity. How someone conveys a message, acapella or over a beat, is powerful. Each gender, race, and generation should be represented by an artist because the people in the audience need someone to relate to.
Josh X – Mo Shakray – Amira Unplugged – Tyrone DuBose

What’s Poppin – Entertainment
For many Black people in entertainment, the craft is a platform to report what is taking place in their communities and bringing realities to life. Although the stories provide awareness for the entertainers, it showcases the lack of diversity in the industry and the dedication black people have to breakthrough.
Vincent Vermignon – Michael Russaw – Dushaun Thompson – Chelsea Harris – Cedric Sanders – Kamal Bolden

What’s Poppin – Culture
Culture is passed down by generations. The new generation contributes their own flare and sometimes unknowingly adopts customs from older age groups. The culture in today’s society is more inclusive than it ever has been.
Watts Homie Quan – Michael Nzungize

What’s Poppin – Art
It is important to diversify an aesthete or a general observer’s mindset by putting them in front of artwork made by black people. Artists and observer’s perspectives expand more when they are exposed with diverse expressions of Black culture.
Eric Jordan – Will Hawkins

Trendsetters
Trendsetters are individuals who create their own lane and path in life. They are those who live and march by the beats of their own drums. These individuals highlighted have put in the time and energy to be the trendsetters for this issue.
Cortez G. West – Jason Kalambay – Lauren Carothers

Exclusives
We had the amazing opportunity to speak with individuals who have created careers the way they see fit in Entertainment and Sports. They grace our screens on multiple channels and platforms and remind us we can do anything we put our minds to.
Henry Simmons – DJ Damage – Monique Coleman – Allen Lazard

People Who Inspire us
Inspiration is the name of the game for us because stories are meant to ignite something in us. They bring hope, aspiration, inspiration, and help us to never give up on our dreams. They deserve their flowers!