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Interview List 

Robert Bell from Legendary Band

'Kool & The Gang'

Kool and the Gang is one of the most "Celebrated" and renowned groups in most of music history, and has thrilled audiences with dynamic live performances. They have touched millions of people all over the world throughout the last 4 decades. Their music has reached boundaries in all genres of music from Jazz and Funk to R&B and Pop. Known for several multi- platinum hits, Robert Kool Bell has easily become a household name.

Kool & The Gang has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and influenced the music of three generations. Thanks to songs like Celebration, Cherish, Jungle Boogie, Summer Madness, 

Get Down On It, and Open Sesame, they’ve earned two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, 25 Top Ten R&B hits, nine Top Ten Pop hits, and 31 gold and platinum albums. Kool & The Gang has performed continuously for the past 35 years, longer than any R&B group in history. Their bulletproof funk and tough, jazzy arrangements have also made them the most sampled band of all time!

Alexandria Perryman

 Emmy Award Winning Audio Engineer'

Alexandria Perryman is an Emmy Award Winning Audio Engineer and the Lead Audio Engineer for live broadcast events with the International Space Station at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. She has worked with clients such as The Vice President of the United States, The Pope, The Prime Minister of Canada, Will Smith, Katy Perry, and many others. Alexandria is also the Chief Engineer and Producer of NASA’s “Houston We Have a Podcast “. With guests such as Astronauts, the director of NASA and the band STYX. In 2017 the podcast won PRSA’s Silver Excalibur Award in the podcast category.!

Grammy-Award DJ/Producer

Kid Capri

Kid Capri, known for his longtime DJ role on “Def Comedy Jam!”

He has produced on various soundtracks for film, music, television and has done several music projects. Kid has completed 2 classic albums, with a third on the way called “TOP TIER” Kid

is steadily selling out venues across the country and hitting the international markets as well.

A few venues Kid has deejayed for were Jay-z Oscar Party 2018, DJ Khaled Birthday Party, New York International Auto Show with Toyota and DJ Dougie Fresh. Kid embarked the 2018 Global Spin Awards in Los Angeles during NBA All Star weekend, Snoop Dogg presented Kid with the Red Award in honor of DJ Red Alert, Kid produced THE GOOD FOOT for Snoop Dogg 2018 release.

Kid also starred in Netflix’s Def Comedy Jam’s 25th Anniversary special. In 2017 Kid Capri collaborated with Kendrick Lamar to narrate Kendrick’s new album,  "DAMN"

Kid Capri’s infamous voice was also featured in the 2017 Tupac film “All Eyes On Me”. Kid Capri has begun hosting Kid Capri’s Block Party every weekend on Sirius XM-Fly. In January 2016, Kid Capri premiered his voice and sounds as part of Jennifer Lopez’s first ever headlining residency, “Jennifer Lopez – ALL I HAVE” in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. 

Eugenia Kuzmina

Eugenia Kuzmina is a Russian-American actress, comedian and international supermodel. Her modeling career took off when she appeared on the cover of Glamour, and walked the runway for multiple designers including Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler. She appeared in advertisements for Hermes, Armani jeans, Dior sunglasses,

GAP, and L'Oreal. Her first video appearance was in a music video "Ange étrange" by David Hallyday. In 2011, Kuzmina transitioned into acting.

Eugenia is having no trouble transitioning from the runway of high fashion to the silver screen of Hollywood. With roles also in films: FADING GIGOLO, BAD MOMS, DIRTY GRANDPA, THE FAMILY FANG, ROCK THE KAZBAH, IN THE CAGE, INFECTED, LOST ANGELS and SHERIFFS. Kuzmina may just be Hollywood’s next break out star. Television fans may have caught her guest work on TV’s THE COMEBACK, NEW GIRL, BLUE BLOODS, WHITE COLLAR, CASTLE and TRUE BLOOD.

In print she has garnered campaigns for L’Oreal, Dior,

Lancaster Cosmetics, Replay Jeans, Miss Me Jeans, Kenzi and JC Penney campaign that included a giant billboard ad of Kuzmina towering over Time Square.

In magazines, Kuzmina has appeared on the covers of and in the pages of Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, British GQ, W, Elle, Self, Shape, Genlux, Nylon, Glamour, Grazia, Harper’s Bazaar (Europe), Oyster, Paper and countless other publications. 

Dawn Noel

Dawn Noel has produced the award-winning short film Shattered Pitch starring Chad Coleman (The Wire & The Walking Dead) and the award-winning short film 22 Years, both having multiple distribution deals. Dawn is the recipient of The Imagen Awards (Golden Globes for Latinos), Manhattan Film Festival, LA Movie Awards (Best Actress), AM Egypt Film Festival, Philadelphia Independent Film Awards, International New York Film Festival (Best Actress), Charlotte Black Film Festival (Best Actress), Las Vegas Black Film Festival, Viva Latino Film Festival, Sutter Creek International Film Festival (Best Actress), The Women's International Film Festival (Best Actress) and the San Diego Black Film Festival.

Cherie Oakley

Cherie Oakley’s music has been described as pop country with a twist of soul. The up and coming artist is also a country hit writer. Reba McEntire’s Turn On The Radio, written by Oakley went to #1 on the Billboard Country charts. Cherie has enjoyed a successful career in the studio already as an established studio session vocalist featured on singles and albums by The Band Perry, Martina McBride, Kelly Clarkson, Vince Gill, Reba, Gretchen Wilson, Cassadee Pope and Sarah Darling as well as others including the cast from the popular CMT Channel show, Nashville. Cherie has experienced an extensive career as a touring background vocalist for superstars such as: Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Gretchen Wilson, Amy Grant and Trace Adkins. She has also performed with Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Reba, Martina McBride, Luke Bryan, LeAnn Rimes, Jennifer Nettles, Kacey Musgraves, Big and Rich, George Strait, Idina Menzel, and Mary J. Blige.

She’s performed on The Billboard Music Awards, American Music Awards, ACM Awards, CMA Awards, VH1 Divas, The View, The Tonight Show, Ellen, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CMT Diaries, American Idol, The X-Factor UK, BBC Breakfast, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Late Show with David Letterman, Star Search, and on Christina Aguilera’s team on the first season of

“The Voice”.

OneUp Duo

Season 15 NBC's "The Voice"

Dawn Noel has produced the award-winning short film Shattered Pitch starring Chad Coleman (The Wire & The Walking Dead) and the award-winning short film 22 Years, both having multiple distribution deals. Dawn is the recipient of The Imagen Awards (Golden Globes for Latinos), Manhattan Film Festival, LA Movie Awards (Best Actress), AM Egypt Film Festival, Philadelphia Independent Film Awards, International New York Film Festival (Best Actress), Charlotte Black Film Festival (Best Actress), Las Vegas Black Film Festival, Viva Latino Film Festival, Sutter Creek International Film Festival (Best Actress), The Women's International Film Festival (Best Actress) and the San Diego Black Film Festival.

Alina Fierra

Alina Fierra is an international singer

songwriter, dancer, choreographer, live show producer, and overall global pop sensation. 

Her style is excitingly out-of-the-box in style 

and sound, working with the industry’s most iconic video and production teams.

• First artist to launch the first flash mob 

style reality music video ever created, 

complete with a documentary.

• About to release the first music video

 entirely on Snapchat!

• Her first band and album won "Best Band

 of the Year" at the LAMA (Los Angeles 

Music Awards) and opened for the ladies 

of the Supremes.

As a teenager, Alina worked with two of the

most renowned choreographers of Romania

and was one of the youngest dancers and choreographers to direct and produce her 

own show overseas. She moved with her

mother to the US where she continued her

school at UCLA studying music production, 

where .connected with her teacher/ music producer Jeff Lewis— a music 

production prodigy who toured with 

The Jacksons, Johnny Guitar Watson, Lenny Williams, Tom Johnston, Bill Summers and Summers Heat and TIERRA, etc. before 

launching MOONLIGHT STUDIOS, a Los Angeles,

a music production service with David Vasquez. After recording an album at the Moonlight

Studios with Lewis, with her first band BEYOU, Alina won “Best International Band of the 

Year at the Los Angeles Music Awards” and 

had the honor to open for The Supremes.

HOT 97's HipHop Gamer

HipHopGamer OFFICIAL PARTNER WITH HOT97 & LOGITECH. GAMING MEDIA PERSONALITY / HOST / CONTENT CREATER / BARRIER BREAKER / JOURNALIST / THE ONE

Gerard Williams has been playing video games since he was a young child, thanks to the influence of his late, supportive grandmother. “It was my grandmoms who raised me,” he tells HipHopDX exclusively at New York Comic Con, where he was on hand to sample various video games for Hot 97. “And she was the one who introduced me to gaming — and that kicked off a lifelong passion that carries me through to this day.”

Williams, known to the world at large as HipHopGamer, has managed to turn his “passion” into an actual career. Providing exclusive reviews of various games on nearly every possible video platform, Williams has not only found a home on Hot 97, he’s earned himself sponsorships from industry giant Logitech, a corporate sponsorship from Vitabrace, and strategic partnerships with One37pm and Vayner Media.

Jeff Lewis

I have been a trumpet player / musician just about my whole life. In 1977 I played on tour with Michael Jackson and his brothers The Jacksons. This was their first tour on the CBS Epic label, after leaving Motown Records where they were know as The Jackson Five. That same year I also toured with Johnny Guitar Watson. In 1978 I landed a steady gig as a member of the Lenny Williams Band. Lenny had sung many hits for Tower of Power and had his own solo contract with ABC Records. We appeared on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and opened for The Emotions, Teddy Pendergrass, Natalie Cole and Ashford and Simpson from city to city for two years. In 1980 I toured with the singer, songwriter and guitar player of The Doobie Brothers, Tom Johnston, opening for Kenny Loggins. From 1981 to 1983 I was a recording and touring member of Bill Summers and Summers Heat, an pop R&B band on MCA Records. We appeared on SOUL TRAIN and toured extensively, opening for Teddy Pendergrass.

About that time I decided there was more for me to do in life besides being a touring trumpet player and I established MOONLIGHT STUDIOS, Los Angeles, a music production service with my musical buddy and fabulous keyboard player David Vasquez. Since 1981 we have been recording and producing for countless independent artists. In 1988 I was approached by UCLA Extension to teach a 12-week class on music production. I accepted and taught the class every-other quarter for 23 years, 46 courses in total. This is how I came to know Alina Fierra, one of the most talented and hard-working persons I have ever met. I recorded, mixed and mastered an album for her band which won top honors at The L.A. Music Awards. The more music I made with Alina, the more I admired her ability to take the ball and run with it farther than anyone else. This led to our current collaboration.

Beside producing music all the time at Moonlight Studios, for the last 20 years I have been a recording and performing member of the legendary band from East Los Angeles, TIERRA. They had a huge hit song in 1981 called "Together," which earned them "Best R&B Vocal Group" awards from both Billboard and Cashbox magazines. The band is still going strong today. Next month we will be at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, in concert along with WAR and KC and The Sunshine Band.

Celai West

Celai West offers an innate talent from her instinctual 

catwalk, poses, magnetic personality, and playful charisma 

since the single digits. Breaking boundaries—Celai is the only runway model walking "at an adult level" at these major

 shows... there are no limits to what this role model and

 icon will achieve next. She is the epitome of the adage 

“Big Hair, Don’t Care!” Her look, courage, vibe, and talent is immeasurable and a true inspiration to kids and adults alike.

• Youngest professional runway model to walk amongst an 

all-adult lineup in NYFW

• Featured at both Los Angeles and New York Fashion Week

• Founded a t-shirt company called “The Chatty Chick”

• Producing her first NYFW show in September 2019

• Celai is the face of “World Afro Day” and will be in the UK to help lead the Big Hair Assembly in September

• Environmentalist who has teamed up with “Trees for the Future” to plant a tree with every tree purchase

• Runway coach who has recently teamed up with Liris Crosse and the casting director of Project Runway to teach a runway class, Project Slay NYC

• Featured on: Good Day Sacramento, Fox 40 news (local), Pickler & Ben talk show, etc.

Samantha Goldberg

Television Personality, Samantha Goldberg, aka "Sassi Sammi" is a noted as one of the pioneers in "Reality Television". In addition to her 11 season role in a hit series on a respected network E!/Style channel starting in 2004, she's been on multiple other reality shows, talk shows, over 5000 various publications in addition to being a celebrated Celebrity Wedding Planner & Designer known worldwide for her "Trendsetting" and "Carefree" wedding planning & couture event design skill set. This is just a small description of Goldberg's resume' to being known as the "Fabulously" famous Party Planner to the stars" as seen on the E!/Style Networks "Whose Wedding Is It Anyway" and various other networks such as

Warner Bros, We, TLC and Comcast WMCN. 

Samantha's producers starting with True Entertainment, Endemol and many others will attest Sam makes GREAT television and her audience even today seeks Goldberg for more projects due to her "original" gift with the camera and her direct dialect that leaves her audience on the seat of their pants during their entire viewing experience. She's a Celebrity Brand Expert which has been chosen to represent and give ideas regarding growth possibilities with some of the largest brands in the world such as Hilton Hotels, Party City, Macy's, Bloomingdales, Hanes, Western Union, Oral B, Wilton and many other's. She's been approached by various other brands to represent their companies as a face due to her strong following and ability to get the consumer to follow her lead with any trend. Companies such as Jeep, Invisalign, Latisse and various other's have reached out to Goldberg for her authentic television disposition with the camera and her audience.

Brent Fischer

Has worked with: Michael Jackson, Prince, Usher, Toni Braxton, Elvis Costello, and More. Grammy®-winning producer, composer, arranger Brent Fischer carries on the legacy of his legendary father, Dr. Clare Fischer, for creating a rich harmonic and orchestral palette that has become the Fischer brand. A multi-instrumentalist (bass, vibes, keys, drums), Brent moves easily between genres - Jazz, Pop and Symphonic. His arranging credits appear on over 30 million albums to include: Usher, Michael Jackson, Elvis Costello & The Roots, D'Angelo (who won Grammy® Album and Song of The Year for "Really Love" from his album "Black Messiah" -- where Brent Fischer is credited as arranger and producer). Brent produced the last eight Clare Fischer albums, including: Grammy®-nominated 2011 release ‘Continuum', 2012 Grammy®-winning '¡Ritmo!' (Best Latin Jazz Album) and 2013 Grammy®-winning ‘Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest’ (Best Instrumental Composition).

The new Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band release ‘¡Intenso!’ features Sheila E. and Roberta Gambarini. A BMI artist, Brent Fischer's modern arrangement of the classic Pictures At an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky has delighted audiences worldwide (recorded by European HR Big Band) and creates a new big band aesthetic for orchestral music with stunning results.

Chef Ryan Rondeno

Chef Ryan has beat the odds, having trained with globally-renowned chefs Emeril Lagasse, Anton Schulte, Mathais Wolf, Sue Zemenick, and Gerard Maras to take multi-sensory gastronomy to a whole new level! His masterful cuisine has been relished at large-scale culinary events, gala dinners, and as a personal chef to some of the most notable names in the industry.

*Diddy*Will Smith*Common*Tyrese Gibson*Robert Smith

*Xhibit*Mercedes-Benz*Lamborghini*Will McGinest

*LA Philharmonic*

Chef Ryan is making his lavish recipes available to people across the U.S. as he offers some trade secrets, training through simple technique, tips and tricks, and revealing signature recipes for all ages. With a passion for French, Italian and Regional American Cuisine, his focus remains on local, sustainable cuisine with a strong emphasis on bold flavors—not to mention the love of New Orleans cuisine and fresh California flavors. Most notably, Chef Ryan has also appeared on the following segments and placed in food competition for the following:

*World Food Championships(top 10 finish)*The Jam TV show*Atl & Co*Good Day Charlotte*Good Day San Diego*NY food & Wine Fest*Culinary Fight Club-LA, San Diego, Chicago (won 3 times and finished 3rd in national championship)*

Chef Rondeno is the founder and owner of Rondeno Culinary Designs and the Rondeno Spice Collection (Nola Creole Rub, Citrus Herb Rub, and Ancho-Chili BBQ Rub) designed to help cooks of all skill levels enhance the flavor of the dishes. His culinary focus is on the use of grass-fed organic meats and locally-grown organic produce.

Haas G aka Fantom of the Beat

Fantom of the Beat began his music career as Haas G, part of the hip-hop duo UMC’s. In the early 90’s UMC’s won acclaim for their first single “Blue Cheese.” The 2nd single, “One to Grow On” became Billboard’s #1 Rap Song. His production credits span many artists in the hip-hop world including Sadat X, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, and Ms. Toi. He’s worked with some of the world’s most respected labels such as Def Jam Records, Aftermath Records, Koch Entertainment, Epic Records, and Universal Records. He produced Ghostface Killah’s “Apollo Kids” from the “Supreme Clientele” album. This song helped turn Ghostface Killah’s solo career around. In addition, he composed “Take it Off” for Busta Rhymes on the “Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front” album which is widely considered Busta’s best effort for its sequencing and quality material. Fantom’s credentials also include “Magic Stick” which he produced for Lil’ Kim and 50 Cent. This track was one of the most played songs in

crossover urban markets and reached the #2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Magic Stick" was featured in the (2005) movie, King's Ransom, and will be on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie Now You See Me 2, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Morgan Freeman..

Samantha Diane

Samantha Diane

Samantha Diane - actress, model, singer, and speaker with an empowering story of struggle, overcoming obstacles, meditation, renewal and empowerment.

Vik Singh

Samantha Diane

Vik Singh - suffered from pain for years without media reason, until he took matters into his own hands and partnered with an orthopedic to design a unique high-quality Spine & Vigor mattress that solved all of his physical issues and ended his pain permanently.

Cathlene Miner

Cathlene Miner

Uninspired & Overwhelmed proved to become Cathlene’s greatest asset as she embarked on a powerful journey of healing and thriving from the inside out. Now heralded as #1 Best Selling Author of The 30 Day Self Perception Makeover! Public Speaker, Fitness Expect & Coach, and President of Non-Profit Helping Handbags, USA, Inc., Cathleen is changing lives and organizations for the better. She’s also President of Helping Handbags, USA where she collects once loved handbags, fills them with necessities and donates them to women that are staying in shelters and are getting back on their feet again.

Angie Maserati

Angie Maserati believes her purpose in life is to share her heart and soul through her music. Nothing gives her more joy than moving her audience with her passion of performing and touching them through the story telling of song. “I feel the most alive when I am connecting with people through my gift, it’s and exchange of love and joy, it’s so beautiful.” Angie will have listeners and fans smiling with her dance music and filled with emotion as she bares her heart and soul in each ballad.Angie has an unstoppable desire to share all that she is with the world, to let the light in her soul inspire people to believe in love and hope. “Music is like magic, it places memories in stone.”

Alexia Anastasio

Alexia Anastasio - filmmaker and producer who pushed passed glass ceiling to become a reputable writer/producer who gives back my empowering women to financial freedom as they pursue filmmaking as well.

Adam Avin aka

Wuf Shanti

Adam Avin - Teen with a vision launched a movement in peace, positivity, yoga, stress reduction, and wellness through the mascot and now tv series on PBS known as Wuf Shanti. Their empire spans a series of books, interstitials on PBS and internationally on CTN, apps, school/hospital tours, and more.

Michael Neely

Music Icon

Michael Neely has over 30 years in music business and in managing the careers and touring activities of the world’s most prominent performing artists and institutions. Mr. Neely’s dominate presence in broadcasting and representation was sustained through the 1980’s on behalf of the legendary artist roster of today. He has continued his legacy in the discovery and career development of our next generation of young artists from around the world. Through his leadership, he has continued to carry on the long tradition of distributing the highest caliber of entertainment. His diverse artist background has led him to tap into opportunities to reach new audiences worldwide. Mr. Neely goes beyond convention to produce an array of innovative projects and special events. He continues to expand his activities at the forefront of media development and the performing artists in order to bridge the gap between the music industry and the outside world to gain a good understanding of what each side is contributing to helping the other side.

Specialties: Former Music Executive / Management / Artist Development & Management / Marketing & Promotions / Radio Operations / Music Consultant / Mentor / Former AnR /

Austin Edwards

Adam Avin - Teen with a vision launched a movement in peace, positivity, yoga, stress reduction, and wellness through the mascot and now tv series on PBS known as Wuf Shanti. Their empire spans a series of books, interstitials on PBS and internationally on CTN, apps, school/hospital tours, and more.

Gregg Roberts

Gregg Roberts - founder of SimpleWisdom Wellbeing Solutions (wellness personal and business consultant), wellness speaker, and author of "Progress Over Perfection” endorsed by Dr. Hyman.

Joe Lockett

Joe Lockett is the Founder/ CEO of Lockett iN Media, The Joe Lockett Show radio and TV, as well as the visionary behind JL Mentoring Camp and Joe’s Lock & Learn program. The JL Show: TV - Alabama Cable network and radio WYDE 101.1 FM are news, entertainment and real talk about topics that matter to his audience. It’s a radio and TV show for and about the people and the voices of the community no matter where that community lies. Community First: The Joe Lockett philosophy would be nothing without giving back to the community. Joe’s Lock & Learn program has given away over 4000 book bags over the last three years. In 2016 Joe created the JL Mentoring Camp for girls and boys, which served 30 families as a result of the free camp.

Joe Lockett created his own sock line Walking In Faith -

JL Signature Socks which 25% of the proceeds goes to charity. 

Joe has received numerous awards: the Who’s Who in Birmingham, Men of Influence award, Mayor William A. Bell Sr. Small Business award, and William Robertson 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. 

Win Charles

Win Charles - Born with Cerebral Palsey, Win Charles is an empowering and inspiring leader who is a celebrated author, offers her own reputed podcast, “Ask Win,” competed in the Iron Man triathlon competition, and has her unique jewelry line.

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