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The producer that gave you the classic hit “Brown Skin Lady” by Mos Def and Talib Kweli on Rawkus Records. The producer behind the hit duo Lone Catalysts that brought you the classic album Hip Hop. The artist that brought you The Essence of, 3582, The Liquid...

Visual arts educator, Grant Writer Megan Evans was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received a BA in Art from the University of Findlay, then completed a Master Degree in Art Education at The Ohio State University, focusing on creating public art with young people....

Comic Book Illustrator / Publisher A small kid with a huge imagination to create. Ever since the sixth grade Michael has known he wanted to create comics. After honing his craft at Cleveland School of the Arts, He took his talents to Columbus College of Art...

"I've come along way from the cart boy at my local grocery store, in fact just one year after I stood in a room of millionaires accepting a check to launch my start up consulting company StayFreshOnline, Inc. Through it all, it never set in...

A quarter of the age of Jazz, Gerald Clayton stakes his claim in the history and the present of this vital music with the following words, “Tradition and innovation can peacefully coexist.” In libraries and on drawing-boards around the country this statement might be true,...

Valerie Thompson is a 29 year-old native of Toledo, Ohio. She is a Marketing Strategist, Graphic Designer and owner of Leap Graphics, a full service graphic design firm specializing in print and web graphics. A graduate from University of Toledo with a B.A. in Graphic...