PARTICIPANTS

Rob Schwartz

CEO - iFame TV, WHOMAG Multimedia (Roku, Apple TV, Cell App), & Director of Dancin On Air (Fuse) - WHOMAG/SONY Orchard Music Distribution

Steve Boehm

Audio Engineer/Producer/Radio Host

John Nuñez

Founder at CL-95 Inc

John Urbano

Rapper

Marisa Urbano

Singer/Entertainment Industry

Mike Trampe'

Marketing Director of BeatStars.Com

ccelli riccelli

CEO

Stephen Migliore

Platinum Music Producer

DeAnna Stealth

Hip Hop Artist

Lewis Gregory

Independent Major Publisher/Tv-Music Producer/Radio Promotion/Consultant/Placement

Toni (one word) Steelz

Grammy considered Performing Artist, Actress & Voice Talent at 4eva N’Finite Productionz, LLC

William Hernandez

Entertainment correspondent

Tyre Matthews

Marketing Consulting

Verdell Smith

Hip Hop Artist

Kennith Thomas

Kenny Clutch "The Dancing Dad" CEO of The Level Brand

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Bobbi Booker

Technology Culture Columnist at The Philadelphia Tribune

William Harris

Artist, arts educator, and musician

Owen Elijah Brown

CEO at Epic Direction LLC

Brandon Dixon

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Gino Caporale

CEO of 418 Music

T S

Creative executive

Creston "Dj C Note" Watters

Owner at Top Trend Radio 101

FIDEL VERDIN

ARTIST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Hans Watkins

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craig irving

Recording artist/producer

OBJECTIVES

1. Establish the Foundation: Establish a foundation for the discussion to get a wide range of panelists perspectives on the past, present and future

2. Inspect Music trends: The objective is to discover what artists are trending, who is next up, and the means that these artists are getting discovered.

3. Explore the Elements of Hip-hop Culture: First explore the primary elements of hip-hop (MC, Graffiti, Dj, Dance), then fashion, politics, food, diversity, sexuality, etc.

4. Figure out the future and trendsetting objectives: Develop a roadmap to predict and drive trends for where hip-hop will be in the next 2-5 years