Blessed with many talents, she is an accomplished writer winning a 2007 poetry award and is due to have a book release in October of 2011. Having sung in the church choir since she was eight, in several school choruses from elementary to high school, she is beginning to grow her confidence and bring her voice to the stage as a single show stopper. Her art is influenced by the love and life that surrounds her. Her writing is influenced by some of the greatest writers such as Queen Sheba, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Emily Dickinson. Her sound is influenced by Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and Natalie Cole. Please view her portfolio site by going to http://www.zakiyadavidson.com or give her a call at 404.386.7372 to set up a consultation to begin your very own creative evolution. Check her out on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/zakiyadavidson, facebook and follow her on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/zakiyagetmoe.

Bringing back true moxie and funk to the music sphere. Richelle L. Brown is that missing energy. Crowned the new queen of Electro Funk Dance Music, a passionate singer, songwriter and performer birthed from that gritty red clay and southern spunk of what we innately call Georgia. Richelle L. Brown joins the movement of retro songstresses that are invading the hyperspace experience. Similar to the Acid Jazz wave of the 90's that garnered such artist as Nadea Davenport; Richelle L. Brown is that new funk. Her passion for music sparked during a time when V-103 had more than 10 songs in rotation, and her frequent regimen in Conyers, GA was sitting shotgun in her mothers Eagle Summit Hatchback, driving down West Avenue or detouring the back streets as the sounds of The Funkadelics, R. Kelly, Parliament, Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan and Keith Sweat, resonated through her ears.

Fast forward over a decade and Richelle L. Brown's introduction song, "Swagga Black Country Queen" is that 2009 vivid snapshot of an everyday southern socialite lifestyle, where candy colored Chevy Dunks parade down Peachtree, hipsters dance on the bar at the Royal or congregate at MJQ, and ladies fashionably costumed sporting exclusive knee-hi Chuck Taylor's under an 80's vintage dress, showcasing what's really meant by "country queen vintage exclusive".

The debut ep, "Tha Example Project" will take you on a voyage of Open Experimental Music thoughtfully constructed to provoke an undeniable progression of music themed by that lifestyle with just the right balance of funk and mojo, that listeners have eagerly waited for. And as open and free as a celestial vessel, the experience of Richelle L. Brown will leave you feeble with only a passion to inspire and move your body.

So lace up your Chucks and enjoy the energy of Richelle L. Brown. www.myspace.com/richellelbrown

JONIDA BEQO VOGLI, a.k.a. GYPSEE YO, is a native of Albania, currently residing in Atlanta, GA. She is a performance artist whose work aims to blur the lines between genres. Her background includes successful projects in theatre, dance, storytelling, and an extensive spoken word and slam poetry resume. Since 2002 she has performed and lead workshops at a number of schools, universities, and churches throughout the Southeast. Additionally, poetry readings and slam venues across the nation have chosen to feature her poetry and performances for audiences of all ages.

She is the regional Southern Queen of Slam 2008, Atlanta's Slam Champion 2006-2009, a three time National Poetry Slam semi-finalist 2006-2008, a National Poetry Slam final stage feature in Austin, TX 2007, and ranked second in the world in the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Detroit, MI 2009.

She has toured internationally and has been recognized for her work in theatre with the Dell'Arte Diversity Award by the American College Theatre Festival and the Kennedy Center in DC in 2004. Jonida is a devoted wife, a doting mother, and a passionate teacher.

POET | HIP HOP ARTIST | ACTIVIST

"There is no struggle better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time." If this Malcolm X quote has any truth to it, the honesty will be found in the words of Dorian "Paul D" Rogers.

The twenty-six year old middle-school teacher/rapper/poet knows the struggle all too well. Born in the crack-infested streets of East Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 1980's, Paul D's own father's battle with addiction to drugs prompted his family to move to Albany, Georgia in 1990. His mother attempted this move in an attempt to get his father away from a harsh lifestyle, but their new town had been infamously labeled "The Murder Capital of the World" just one year prior.

Born of a black father and Jewish mother, Paul D frantically searched for acceptance in the self-segregated South. "It was confusing and frustrating to be called 'white boy" by my black friends and 'nigger' by my white friends. I never received any racism in Cleveland but Georgia was new ballgame" As early as five years old, Paul D was memorizing the raps of the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J, routinely being called on to perform at family events. He submerged himself in music to escape his childhood pain. "I always had a fondness for words. Rhymes were always second nature to me." Paul knew that he had a special talent early on.

Today, his potential has been made manifest. In 2005, as a member of Black on Black Rhyme/Back Talk! Poetry Troupe, Paul D became the 13th Annual Southern Fried Poetry Slam Champion, beating out over 100 poets in the largest regional slam competition in the nation. In 2007, he led Slam Charlotte to a 1st place finish in the National Poetry Slams in Austin, TX. To this date, Paul has featured at over thirty colleges and universities across the nation.

Not only one of the hottest new spoken word talents, Paul D is also a rapper in the Southern Hip-Hop duo, THER.I.P.Y. (The Radiance is Purely Yours). The duo has been scouted by Atlantic Records and has performed on stage with Stevie Wonder, Cee-Lo, Bone Thugs and Harmony, T.I. and many more. After graduation from Florida State University in 2004, Paul D decided to use his English Education degree to assist the youth in inner-city Atlanta. In his first year as an educator, Paul was appointed as head of the 8th grade writing program for a school that had failed in writing for the previous eight years. Under the guidance of Paul D, students scored an astounding 93% passing rate, a remarkable feat in comparison to 69% just one year before.

Whether he's competing in a slam, performing a college feature, or hosting an event, Paul D's unique and clever imagery, word play, concepts, and story-telling abilities have made him a favorite among audiences regardless of race, gender, or class. With a poetry book, spoken word CD, and three rap albums under his belt, the industry is on the edge of its seat to see what Paul D will do next.

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At the age of 16, Erica Jones rambled through her mom's crates of vinyl records, intrigued by every genre of music she heard. This was the beginning of a life long infatuation with sound and music. She began using her mother's records to make mix cassettes for her friends in high school. While attending Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, she started throwing parties in her dorm room with her mix tapes serving as entertainment. After leaving college in the mid 90's, she spent several years as a mobile dj and radio personality on community radio WRFG 89.3FM in Atlanta.

With a passion for sound and all the technical aspects behind it, she pursued a career in radio as an operations manager and production director with Salem Media of Georgia (WFSH 104.7FM, WNIV 970AM, WGKA 1190AM). The years she spent in radio fueled her passion for sound. In late 2001, she walked away from radio to work with musicians as a live sound engineer. By 2002, she was an A-level certified live sound engineer and servicing musicians all throughout the Atlanta area.

In March of 2005, she started Addeck Pro Sound, a full service sound installation and rental company. By the end of her first year in business, she had established herself as the go-to-person for sound installation for numerous clubs and churches in the Atlanta area. She was also a household name for local djs who needed to rent sound systems for their gigs. There was still another passion she needed to release. And in September of 2005, she was back on the 1's and 2's! She stepped back on the scene and didn't miss a beat. Working with lesbian party promoters, Girls in the Night and Traxx Girls, along with a host of other premier promoters in Atlanta, she came back on the scene as DJ "E". And she hasn't looked back since.

In just 3 short years she has taking Atlanta by storm, spinning at some of the hottest clubs, including Apache Cafe, Club Esso, Club Trademark, The Blue Room, Over the Edge, The Gold Bar and Sugar Hill in the Underground, Center Court, Crow's Nest, Central Park Bistro, Kat's Cafe, the infamous Club Miami and many more. Many of the owners of these clubs have been so impressed with DJ "E"'s professionalism that they became clients of her sound installation company, Addeck Pro Sound. So not only would she rock the party in the club but she's also the person who installed the sound system her audience is grooving to.

In August of 2008, DJ "E" was honored with Atlanta Pride's Best Female DJ of the Year Award, an achievement she doesn't take lightly. With an uncanny ability to mix any genre of music, from Hip-Hop to R&B, acid jazz to house, neo-soul to salsa, reggae to reggaeton, old school Hip-Hop to classic soul, there isn't a party that she can't ROCK! And thus, she has been given the title, "Lil' Bad Azz DJ "E"!