Harriet's Alter Ego Meets Tuff Like Iron

Harriet’s Alter Ego’s signature feminine and flirty style is perfect for itinerant fashionistas. The line specializes in handmade clothing that transforms from spectacular daily wear to attention-grabbing evening pieces with a turn, flip, snap or tie.

Tuff Like Iron’s electrifying color and graphic patterns have made it a highly demanded brand on international markets especially in France, Germany, Japan and Australia. The diverse design ethos’ of both lines combines fierce color palates, bold cuts, daring patterns and interesting material in lines that are imaginative and fun.

Harriet’s Alter Ego and Tuff Like Iron have design philosophies rooted in cultural admiration, social mobility, sustainable development and educating audiences about the people and events of the Black Diaspora. The lines use fashion to translate Black Diasporic culture and language into clothing reflective of the black experience while remaining dynamic, global and fluid. The unique designs of the lines have garnered much attention from American, European, African and Asian audiences.

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Youth Black Faith

Youth Black Faith is more than music. It is a movement. Drawing on their lived experiences as members of an American hip-hop generation, YBF synthesizes talent and consciousness to create music that adds stylistic depth to Roots Reggae while maintaining the tradition of critiquing systems and societies.

Reggae is constantly evolving and YBF holds an interesting place in the genre's growth. United under the Rastafarian faith, Isaac Fyah, Itah Torche, Gidi and Kenyatta migrated from various Caribbean nations to Brooklyn NY and began collaborating in 2001. They released Born A Champion in 2005 and their underground debut set an impressive precedent for their music.

YBF challenges artistic legacies and nurtures relevant work that speaks to the realities of today's listener while aspiring to reach the promises of ivine Rasta livity. Born champions, they are proving, track by track, that a musical revolution- one that references the past, is the present and will leave something for the future- exists and is powerful.

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New Kingston Band

The New Kingston Band is composed of Tahir (keyboard), Courtney (drums), Leighton (bass) and Steve (lead vocals & guitar). The group fluently plays all forms of Reggae music from old school Studio One, to Ska, to Rock Steady and Dub right up to high energy, percussive Dancehall. The Band's debut album, MANKIND features collaborations with noted artists Bushman, Richie Stevens and Half Pint. This exciting melodic mélange is slated for release spring 2007.

New Kingston Band has stolen stages at venues as diverse as Sounds of Brazil (SOBs), Brooklyn College Performing Arts Center, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn's Community Performing Arts Center, Nassau Coliseum, the Lion's Den, Crash Mansion, Negril Village and the Roseland Ballroom. They are one of the few Caribbean bands offering a developed body of signature tunes such as Mankind, This Love Is and Never Give Up while providing highly professional backing for distinct artists. The Band has given artistic support to acts including I-Wayne, Morgan Heritage Ernie Ranglin, R&B Singer Mario, Johnny Osborne, Sister Carol, the Fifth Element Crew, Spragga Benz, Baby Cham and Junior Reid and a host of others.

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Lacell Parnell

15 years. 14 Parishes. 5 states. Actor Lacell Parnell is a force in Jamaican roots theater. Lacell is the first male actor to play a female character to such mammoth extents. He has re-invented Girlie once more in Girlie Year of Maternity, a three-year epic saga of Girlie's rowdy pregnancy guaranteed to have audiences in tears! Due to Girlie's epic success, Parnell is designing a sitcom with more Girlie, more characters and more of his masterful comedy for 2007. Now that he has mastered the character of Girlie, Lacell is following his original calling and launching his career as an R&B singer/songwriter.

Parnell's theater credits include Market Mampie, Rammy, Hot A Claps, Sit Dung Pon It, the original Story Come To Bump, a remake of Story Come To Bump, Lickie Lickie Matey and Krosses. In addition to Girlie, Parnell has developed "Pastor Baby", a fire-tongued pastor dressed in clothes from the 70s that delivers life-changing messages in a comedic voice.

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SupraNova CD

SupraNova is the product of passion and professionalism. We won't enchant you with action words and promise unrealistic outcomes. However, we do guarantee that our use of unconventional approaches generates unforgettable results.

Birthed January 2006, SupraNova was initially conceived by T. I. Williams in spring 2003. We provide creative forces and businesses with the guidance and support needed to elevate your practice to the next professional level. We offer an array of services including and not limited to aggressive marketing campaigns, professional writing and a signature media kit.

Currently, SupraNova is based in Jamaica (as in the island) with team members in New York City and plans are in progress to expand throughout the Caribbean Basin and West Africa. So don't worry… wherever you are, we are there also (it's all a part of our magnificently orchestrated global takeover).

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PaaShot

PaaShot is to Dancehall today what Master P was to hip-hop in earlier days- a savvy businessman with an acute understanding of the entertainment industry's potential in black markets. Musically, PaaShot spins Dancehall, hip-hop and Reggaeton in a meticulously crafted web of sound. Artistically, he designs video projects that delicately capture the essence of humanity with clarity and astounding visual sensitivity. Professionally, he is first and foremost, an entrepreneur whose business is providing a framework for creative people and projects.

Undeniably, with booming baselines and a tremendous signature voice, his tracks are as infectious as his smile. Using clean imagery and potent delivery, he is poised to conquer the ever-expanding niche market opened by the likes of Shaggy and Sean Paul. From his background as a selector in the mid 90s to performing with the likes of Beenie Man and Sizzla to CEO of New Yaard Entertainment, PaaShot is "out for everything" in the entertainment industry and equipped with the experience and foresight to attain it.

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Jerk Roots Yam Festival

Since 2001, the Jerk Roots Yam Festival has authentically presented Caribbean culture through entertainment, food and craft in a family-friendly environment rooted in education and empowerment to over 60,000 attendees. From the inception, Festival organizers have remained committed to providing quality entertainment in a safe space. Organizers work to retain and build Caribbean culture by presenting Caribbean, especially Jamaican culture, in a true and positive manner.

Presently, the Festival has locked the market as the only New York production that presents Caribbean culture to an intergenerational audience numbering in the thousands. In the near future, the Festival will expand throughout the United States and eventually, internationally, continuing to present Caribbean culture in a dynamic and educational framework. Organizers intend to make the Festival lasting institution that maintains healthy representations of Caribbean traditions and instills a sense of responsibility in Caribbean communities and cultures.

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The Math Club

The Math Club has provided quality math supplemental educational services to underserved students in the North Bronx and Westchester for more than a decade. In 2003, The Math Club incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) and implemented an annual math competition for junior high school students.

The Club is preparing for statewide and international growth! The Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Math Competition grows tremendously each year and 2007 will mark the first year the competition is open to students from all boroughs. In the next three years, the Competition will expand to include students from Jamaica. In allowing students from Jamaica and New York to compete, The Math Club will increase student interest and involvement which will continue The Club's impressive success stories.

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