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Interview with Shawn Credle
Interview with Shawn Credle
By: Where It Begins
Q. Tell everyone who you are and what you do?
A. My name is Shawn Credle and I’m the CEO & President of Pineapple, Inc., a publicity traded cannabis corporation (Ticker Symbol: PNPL”) which encompasses Pineapple Express (Cannabis dispensaries and delivery in California) and Pineapple Wellness (nation-wide delivery of CBD-only health and beauty products).
Q. Where do you see yourself in the next three years?
A. I see myself continuing to build Pineapple to be a mainstream cannabis brand across the country and abroad. On a more personal note, I am also a SAG-AFTRA actor and will be looking to explore more acting opportunities and possibly music. I am also interested in getting into politics in the future.
Q. Are there any events or upcoming projects you are working on?
A. We are opening two new dispensaries in Los Angeles by the end of this year. We are looking to franchise our dispensaries in Puerto Rico, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey by the end of 2023. We are also in talks with opening a cannabis lounge in Barcelona, Spain.
To see full article go to https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/wib_sept_2022_updated_1
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Interview with Keyondra Lockett
Keyondra Lockett write up for the #WIN! ‘Trouble Won’t Last’ visuals coming soon 🙌🏾
What Keyondra is about to bring y’all is fire 🔥 ANTICIPATE this video release and go stream her #Billboard charting #HIT
To see full interview https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/wib_august_2020_final_06
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Interview with Young RA
To see full article go to
https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/wib_magz_may_2020_06_Interview with Young RA
By: Where It Begins
Quote “I stay connected just simply by staying active. I really put this work in around the clock. So, showing what I’m doing is easy because I’m always doing it.”
Q. Tell everyone who Young Ra is beyond the artist?
A. Young Ra is a father, a dedicated husband, Overall, I’m the people’s champ. I represent that underdog that through dedication and determination made more than a dent in the game. People have seen my struggle from beginning to end.
Q. What was the moment you knew you would pursue this music business seriously?
A. When I realized people not only wanted but needed to hear and see my story. I represent the real struggle that the normal person or consumers of rap really relate to, no fiction.
Q. Tell us about your new project “The Bodie Broadus Story”?
A. This project was something that spoke to me. From a fan of the wire to just identifying with the character in respect to my upbringing. Then just coincidentally the theme fitting together with music I have been dropping lately pertaining to my life now. I feel this is my best body of work. My unspoken truth in one perfect EP.
Detroit Rapper Young Ra talks new release of the Bodie Broadus Story featuring Sada Baby & Royce Da 5’9’
Follow me at @young_ra.
To see full article go to https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/wib_magz_may_2020_06_
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Interview with Dj Bo Weezy
Interview with DJ BO Weezy
By: Where it Begins
Q. How did you come up with the name DJ BO Weezy?
A. Bo comes from lil football. I was 34 like BO Jackson, played RB like BO & last name is BO so the coach started calling me BO Weezy comes from always being the youngest of the crew! My college roommate combined the 2 & called me Bo Weezy and it’s stuck with me ever since.
Q. What made you want to be a DJ?
A. I’ve always been around it; my dad & uncles were DJ’s.
Q. What is one of your best experiences working as a DJ?
A. The feeling of someone asking for your business card is a feeling like no other. Mission accomplished.
Q. What differentiates you from the rest of the DJ?
A. I’m not there to DJ for a long time, just a good time!
Q. Who would you consider to be a DJ Legend?
A. Kid Capri. His music selection & vibes while Djing are unmatched. Decades later, he’s still doing his thang!
Q. Can you give any advice to upcoming DJs?
A. Be consistent, it will take you a long way! “STAY AWAY FROM THE SYNC” Work on blending the records if you can’t scratch. You’ll sound like hot lettuce, trying to force something you can’t do.
Follow me @boweezy305
To read the full interview go to https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/final_wib-revision__8_
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Interview with Kel The DJ
Interview with Kel The DJ
By: Where It Begins
Q. Do you think that it is hard for women DJs to get gigs?
A. In some ways yes. I often see events that are catered to women that have a male DJ involved. There is a lot of work that should be done by the organizers to ensure a female DJ is there.
Q. What made you want to be a DJ?
A. I was always involved in music since I was 4 years old. My uncle was a DJ and I always put together mixtapes for my friends. It turned into me creating playlists for events. I decided to find a mentor to show me the technical aspects of being a DJ.
Q. Who is your favorite DJ of all time?
A. DJ Jazzy Jeff of course. He is from my hometown Philadelphia, PA. I was able to see him live recently. My style is similar to his.
Q. What or who inspired you to be a DJ?
A. My uncle inspired me. I used to watch him or steal his tapes secretly because I was a music fanatic.
Q. Can you give any advice to upcoming DJ
A. Practice as much as you can. Watch instructional videos. Seek mentorship with someone that is established and has the time for you. There are DJ schools out there.
Follow: Kel the DJ @kelthedj
To see full interview click on the link https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/final_wib-revision__8_
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Interview with DJ Ice
Interview with DJ Ice
By: Where It Begins
Q. What made you want to be a DJ?
A. Actually, I was 15 years old and was a member of my uncle’s promotional street team/setup crew. The DJ that was booked for the party was “Running Late”. At first, we thought he was just on some “Wanting the party to be crowded when he arrived” type of ego trip. Little did he know that we always had a line of people waiting to get in before the doors opened. So, my uncle gave me records to play as “Door Opening Music”. The DJ never showed up, so I was the DJ for the whole night. Evidently, I did pretty good because I was the DJ from that point on. So honestly to answer your question. I was forced to DJ to save the family’s business is how I like to put it.
Q. What are some of the challenges you have being a DJ?
A. I’m at a place in my life where being a DJ is not challenging to me. It’s actually more fun now than in my past. It was strictly business to make extra money, but now it’s more of a fun-loving hobby than I get paid to do.
Q. Can you give any advice to an upcoming DJ?
A. Remain humble and always remember, there will be someone coming after you so please pass the knowledge.
Q. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?
A. In the next 5 years, I see myself behind the scenes involved in T.V. shows, and movies.
Follow: DJ Ice
Facebook at DJ Ice
Instagram @djice_louisville
To see full interview, go to https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/final_wib-revision__8_
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Interview with Nappy Roots
Interview with Nappy Roots
By: Where It Begins
Q. How do you feel about where the music is right now?
A. We like it. It’s always growing as we get older. Music means something different to us. Music means to us differently than the kids we think. It’s time for Hip-Hop to give some harmony to the older generations. Even on Netflix, you got shows like “The Evolution” that are really breaking down what Hip-Hop is. If you like something different, you can go to SoundCloud, we think this is a good time.
The time is good with Hip-Hop, we like to look at how it used to be called the golden era. When I was appreciative of what was going on, and now it’s the new era. Some people complain about how things change. It evolves, and the evolution of Hip-Hop is a dope thing to see and experience while we are living within it.
Q. What have you all been up to these days?
A. Working on life, and we still make music. We been making beer and getting into the craft beer to a place we all get. We can appreciate it and the diversity. The industry and different beers are changing the world.
Q. How did you get started with beer?
A. It started with liking beer and trying different flavors that turned into a business opportunity. We drank it, tried different brewers, went to different places, and it was all about us trying different beers that led to starting Atlantucky. That is our beer brewing company. We had 2 beers that we did with Monday Night Brewing. We tour 100 to 150 days out of the year. It started as going around the country. Before the shows we would go find a brewery. We visited about a hundred or more breweries over 5 or more years. We learned more by trying new flavors and brewing in the country. We went to cool places people would never go to. We got an opportunity with Monday Night Brewing to do our first beer called “Front Porch Parallel”. It sold out everywhere.
We found another revenue stream. Beer is something that will be around forever, even if we stop rapping, beer will still be around. If we can make that, we can still be creative as an artist. We saw it as a business opportunity and a passion project. Beer is sold everywhere. The beer industry is booming. It’s a $40 billion dollar industry a year. A lot of people are bringing the urban side to it. Nappy Roots are more than just a name on a can. We know how to make it.
Watermelon Chicken & Gritz is in about 4 states. Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, and New York. The goal is to do a collaboration as well as travel, so we can do more meet and greets. We are also doing a T.V. show about it called “40 Akerz and a Brew”. Craft beer is about creativity and there’s a science to it.
Q. What is “Nappy Roots” doing differently?
A. Being “Nappy Roots” and doing beer is different. They need more diversity in Atlanta.
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Interview with Phase VI
Interview with Phase VI
By: Where It Begins
Q. You have this company called Phase VI tell us about it?
A. Phase VI is a platform where we educate up and coming artists, executives, producers, songwriters and pretty much everyone that wants to be in the music business on all the ins and outs of the music video. They can:
1. Protect themselves
2. Promote themselves the correct way.
Everything you need from A to Z is out in front of you. Concise, easy understanding. That’s what Phase VI is all about, also making sure people are there and businesses are other support services connected to those things, so they can get assistance they need to win, we are here for the future of music that’s what we all are about.
Q. What made you want to start Phase VI?
A. It’s been a long journey. I spend a lot of time working in the entertainment business. I was blessed to get in at a high-level business being young and in the mist. I did a project with a nonprofit here in Atlanta called Chris Kids. We partnered with NEO Foundation (NEO Compound Foundation), and we did a music therapy program, we are working with a lot of youth in various misguided situations. A piece of that was teaching the music business. I did that for two and a half years when I shut down, I saw there was a huge need to continue the business portion cause all the students kept reaching out to me.
Q. Tell us about your books?
A. Follow me at Phase VI and check out all my books. All my books I try to take complicated information and make it sound simple and be a great read.
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Interview with Reece Odum
Interview with Reece Odum
By: Where It Begins
Q. What else do you do other than acting and producing?
A. In 2017. I started my own production company GPS Productions, LLC. 2018 we facilitated several acting workshops under the series name “Connecting the Dots to becoming an Actor”. I look forward to creating films that help to educate, entertain, and empower my audiences.
Q. Why did you want to become an actress?
A. I love being a storyteller. From a very young age. I always had a passion for the arts. I feel most alive in front of an audience and a camera, it is truly my happy place. Breathing life into a character is one of the most fulfilling things I do as an actor, and even at times becoming a voice for the voiceless.
Q. What are some of the projects you worked on in Atlanta?
A. Well I have completed several television and film projects here in Atlanta. Some of the television shows include: The Vampire Diaries (CW) Saints and Sinners (Bounce TV) and most recently filmed Ambitions (OWN). Some of the films include: Mr. Right (BET), The secret she kept (TV One), The Last Time (Aspire TV) and so many more. My hometown, Atlanta has been very good to me and my acting career.
Q. Who or what inspires you?
A. My parents inspire me daily, they are true examples of how hard work produces success, and they instilled that in myself and my siblings from a very young age. They also encouraged us that we could do whatever we set our minds to do, and to always go after our dreams, for these reasons and more I love them dearly.
Q. What is your favorite album or song right now?
A. It’s an oldie but a goodie: DIVA by Beyonce, lol. This song actually made it back on my playlist recently. I was really inspired by Beyonce’s homegoing concert film on Netflix, so I have her live album from that concert on repeat right now. Love her old and new songs and her work ethic is amazingly motivating.
Q. What advice would you give someone that is interested in pursuing an acting career?
A. As an actor, you should think of your craft as if it is a muscle, the more you work it the stronger you become. All actors continuously get training, in classes or acting coaches, investing in your dream will help to keep you prepared for your big moments. And of course, Never give up!
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