I am a developer, but more importantly, I'm a cultural preservationist. Yes, I design spaces and buildings, but my ultimate goal is to build belonging. Because when development becomes transactional rather than an opportunity for transformation, we lose what matters most, legacy, identity, and culture.I was born in Compton, California. Not the Compton you may have seen in headlines. Compton I knew was built on family, faith, fellowship, and resilience.Teachers lived next to jazz musicians, carpenters, next ...

You've been in the entertainment industry for quite at least 30 years, maybe more longer than. Yes. Plus here and for those who don't know, I mean, kind of your claim to fame, you've managed some big artists like Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes and I think L.L. Cool J. I forget 50 Cent.Mariah Carey. Yeah. My career, my late partner, Chris Lighty, and I had a very successful management company.Right. Yeah. And but I am curious, though, when you got into that business, was that the business you wanted to go in ...

Thank you so much. Good afternoon. Too many times to count, I have felt the freef fall of my car plunging towards a body of water. Splashing with a crash as I search for an escape, striving to save a passenger, often my mom. I would wake up sweating, out of breath. from swimming towards the shore, passenger in tow. That dream always started the same way. I'd be driving across a bridge like normal when all of a sudden, a tugboat or a whale or a tidal wave or a plane would crash into it, sending us all collap ...