With all apologies due to Mick Jagger, Keith “Murph” Murphy may not be a man of immense wealth, but he does have taste.

For well over a decade, the Chicago-born journalist, author, editor and blogger has sparred with the likes of a brazen hip hop demigod (Jay-Z); Oscar-winning Hollywood royalty (Leonardo DiCaprio); Young Money’s left-field, multi-platinum groundbreaker (Lil Wayne);  a social media goddess (Kim Kardashian);  rap’s great white hope (Eminem); the most influential R&B diva of the modern age (Mary J. Blige); and Motown’s last superstar (Rick James).

Mr. Murphy’s work has appeared in such respected publications and online sites as VIBE, The New York Post, Billboard, Complex, ESPN’s The Undefeated, OZY, and Essence. His critically acclaimed VIBE blog Full Clip has featured career-dissecting interviews from a who’s who of music legends ranging from Erykah Badu to Will.i.am. Mr. Murphy is a frequent commentator on CNN, VH1, and A&E Biography and has appeared on FOX News’ highly rated The O’Reilly Factor as well as BET. And Mr. Murphy is the author of the 2006 men’s lifestyle book Manifest X.O. and is currently a senior editor at VIBE.

Mr. Murphy has also written music bios for a wide range of artists from 50 Cent to Bell Biv DeVoe. Three of Mr. Murphy’s features stand out amongst the pack: His definitive cover story on late gangsta rap creator and Straight Outta Compton icon Eazy E (http://www.vibe.com/featured/vibe-eazy-e-cover-story/), the much talked about Prince/Michael Jackson oral history (http://www.vibe.com/2011/06/michael-jackson-vs-prince-oral-history/) and the making of Prince’s last studio album HitNRun Phase 2 (http://www.vibe.com/featured/hitnrun-phase-two-an-oral-history-of-princes-last-studio-album/). Most recently, Mr. Murphy’s work has been featured in ESPN’s The Undefeated: An oral history on Shaquille O’Neal’s Shaq Diesel debut album (http://theundefeated.com/features/oral-history-shaq-shaquille-oneal-shaq-diesel-the-making-of-rap-hip-hop/) and a feature on New Edition and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (http://theundefeated.com/features/new-edition-rock-roll-hall-fame-music/).

Recently, Mr. Murphy was on our show to talk about his article Let’s take it to the stage! which he remembers and ranks each tour by the legendary musician – Prince. During our conversation, he talked about:

– A little about himself
– His first encounters with Prince including his Prince concert experience on the Lovesexy tour
– Why did he write the article
– The significance of August 20, 1983 in Prince’s career
– The criteria that he used to rate Prince’s tours
– Which tours that his wished he had seen
– The tours that he feels are Prince’s the best
– What he feels is Prince’s legacy

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Michael Williams is a dynamic, talented producer and host of talk radio and music-related radio and television programs. Michael appears frequently on Toronto’s tv news networks and radio, sitting in as guest host for Newstalk1010 radio talk shows. Famous for hosting the popular Soul in the City series for MuchMusic, which was syndicated in 19 European countries and Japan, The Power Hour and Electric Circus, also on the MuchMusic TV network. Michael has interviewed politicians, newsmakers and international recording artists and filmmakers including Stevie Wonder, Whitney Huston, Quincy Jones, Celine Dion, Tina Turner, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, and Mark Wahlberg.

Mr. Williams was recently on our show. During our conversation, he talked about

Life growing up in Cleveland in an music environment and how he got into music
– The first 45 and the first album that he bought
– the importance of Jackie Mittoo on reggae music
– How he arrived in Canada
– His radio days in Cleveland and Montreal and how he got his gig at Much Music (Canada’s national music video channel)
– his first day at Much Music and his first two interviews with Run DMC and Lou Reed in the same day
– His thoughts on the 25th anniversary of the LA Riots

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Every day more people are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an unpredictable illness that affects vision, balance, memory and mobility. Currently, we don’t know what causes MS and there is no cure. Josephine Casey’s sister Tionna was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in November of 2013. This took our family by surprise and set us on a journey to find a cure. Josephine would love to have you join her on the evening of May 6, 2017 to help raise funds to end Multiple Sclerosis. Ms. Casey would like to invite all those who may be battling MS or and form of sickness to help raise and create awareness. Your support means families within the community who are impacted by MS do not have to face this alone. Josephine would invite you to join us for a special evening in honour of Tionna in support of the MS Society.

Advance ticket(s): $30 (includes dinner, beverage, and entertainment) EMT info.lifespoetryce@gmail.com Donations are also accepted.

Ms. Casey was live on our to talk about the 4th Annual MS Fundraising Dinner which is being held on May 6, 2017 at Spicy Cocina Family Restaurant and Cafe at 5 McMurchy Avenue North in Brampton, Ontario.

During our conversations, Josephine and talked about:

– some her background including why did she start the project
– What she has learned about MS and how the dinner has grown over the years
– Some of the history of the event and what she has learned about herself
– Tionna shares some of her story and how much she loves her sister
– What to look forward to at this year’s event

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The panelists for last Sunday’s show were: Jonathan O. Shaw and Jim Kennedy.

The panelists discussed the following stories:

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Donald Trump’s First 100 Days Were A Stress Test For Democracy

The Dr. Vibe Show™: 5 Films Look At The Los Angeles Riots From (Almost) Every Angle

The Dr. Vibe Show™: The Bank Black Movement Gains Traction

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Earn Trust To Help Rid Health Disparities In Minority Men

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Spike Lee – ‘Black Men Are Still Viewed As Predators’

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Dwayne Matthews is a life and education strategist. He converges and shares knowledge on education, disruptive technology, practical psychology and the evolution of work.

Matthews was also a Venture Partner of Yet2 Ventures secondary fund. He was responsible for Canadian technology and fund scouting, while working with Ben duPont (duPont Family). Matthews was also the Canadian executive director of an intelligence firm and was focused on finding disruptive and future looking technologies for the Fortune 500.

Previously Mr. Matthews was the managing director and passionate spokesperson behind the Clean 15 Challenge, Canada’s largest cleantech challenge in 2009, and 2010, which partnered with NASA Techbriefs in 2011.

The Clean 15 Challenge was one of the first open innovation challenges in Canada to curate technology shopping lists of Global 1000 companies, and directly connect them to smaller clean tech providers that were focused on the fast proliferation of greener technologies worldwide.

Dwayne was also one of the pioneers of open innovation in Canada, a process that enabled companies to have wider distribution of R&D by accessing global expertise. Through the Canadian exclusive deal held by the Clean 15, he had access to senior level decision-makers at many of the world’s Fortune 500 who engaged his network for the specific purpose of finding new technology. His company was connected to one of the largest technology transfer marketplaces, which represented approximately 40% of global R&D capacity in 2007 to 2011.

Before that Matthews was an international educator at one of the top 5 private schools in South America and the junior chairperson at a TDSB school in Toronto, Canada. He was also a member of the core strategic planning team at The FDR International School, in Lima, Peru.

Dwayne worked to review trends in education that were driven by technological advancement, assisted in the customization and implementation of new curriculum and was part of a small team that created the school’s mission statement and implementation plans. His teaching philosophy focused on thinking frameworks as a means to transcend the rapid evolution of education paradigms.

Dwayne’s career path over almost two decades has afforded him an incredibly unique perspective on leadership qualities, psychological strategies and thinking frameworks used by highly successful and powerful people. His passion is speaking about how they can be simplified and leveraged in a rapidly evolving world.

Mr. Matthews was live talking his article Why Your Child’s Emotional IQ Will Be Crucial In Workplace Of The Future.

– Some of his background including growing up in Trinidad and Tobago and why he became passionate about parenting
– What has travelling taught him
– His experience as a teacher
– Why did he write the article
– The three things that parents need to guide your children in today’s world
– what are parents and the education system’s response to his thoughts
– Why he feels disruptive is going to be important to our children’s future

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ByBlacks.com is the #1 Black online magazine in Canada.You can find out more information about ByBlacks.com via:

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Leadership Guru Jim Kennedy has over twenty-eight years of leadership experience and has served in management positions at various levels with the federal government and in private industry. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business, as well as a graduate certificate in project management. He now spends his time writing and speaking on the topic of leadership development and as a licensed Realtor/recruiter with Keller Williams Realty. You can find follow him on line at his Website, on Twitter, on Facebook, and on LinkedIn. When he is not working, Jim is active in his community. He is a committed husband and father of three children, supports the deaf and special needs communities, and is involved with his local church. He resides with his family in Austin, Texas.

Ms. Kennedy was on our show talking about Understanding Your Purpose. During our conversation, Mr. Kennedy talked about:

– His life growing up as a military brat and what did he learn from his parents
– Some of his twenty-eight year journey in the corporate world, in the army and and what he learned in both
– How he met his wife
– Not becoming a leader until he became a parent and how he found his purpose
– He shares an incredible story about how he and has wife overcame losing two children within ten days of them being born
– How does he deal with clients that who are not certain about their purpose

You can connect with Mr. Kennedy via:

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Discerning God’s Purpose: A Father’s Journey from Tragedy to Triumph

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The scheduled panelists for last Sunday’s show were: Rodney Kellum, Dr. Lawrence A. Rasheed, Leron L. Barton, Jonathan O. Shaw and Jim Kennedy.

The panelists discussed the following stories:

The Dr. Vibe Show™: America Must Address Black Men’s “Not So Silent” Mental Health Crisis

The Dr. Vibe Show™: The BlackHat/Whoever Believes That Black People Can’t Be Racist Is A Effing Idiot

The Dr. Vibe Show™: “What’s Going On?” Race, Brutality, And Injustice Since Rodney King

The Dr. Vibe Show™: The 11 Stereotypical Roles Black Men Play

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Prince’s Lasting Legacy For Black Men One Year Later

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Cleve DeSouza is a leading mortgage professional in affiliation with Matrix Mortgage Global (Lic#11108) and a seasoned real estate investor with over 10 years experience. He has assessed over 200 deals totalling in excess of 25 million dollars. He has a proven track record of ingeniously structuring single-family, multi-family, student homes and commercial assets. Owing to his engineering and dynamic project management background, he has consistently applied critical thinking and creativity to bring each deal to success in a timely and efficient manner.

Recently, Mr. DeSouza was on our show talking about his article Rent To Own May Be The Way To Go .

During our conversation, Mr. DeSouza talked about:

– Some of his background
– What got him into engineering and what made him switch into real estate and mortgages
– why did he write the article and an example of how he helped a client
– The average person’s knowledge of mortgages and the advantage of using his service
– How has the mortgage and real estate market changed during his involvement with this industry
– What is going on in the marketplace right now and how has his clientele changed over the last ten years
– His thoughts on recent action’s by the Ontario government to help the housing market and some suggestions on what the Ontario government should do when it comes to real estate
– Some tips when it comes to mortgages

You can contact Mr. DeSouza at:

Website
Phone: (647) 476-2918
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ByBlacks.com is the #1 Black online magazine in Canada.You can find out more information about ByBlacks.com via:

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Cameron Fields is a sophomore journalism major at Ohio University and I am a student in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. He writes about the football, women’s basketball and track and field teams at The POST, Ohio University’s campus newspaper. He has wanted to pursue sports journalism since he was in the seventh grade. Cameron started blogging about the NBA in high school, and since coming to Ohio, he has continued to grow as a writer.

Recently, Mr. Brown was on our show talking about his article, Football: Black players aren’t worried about lack of diversity, just football.

During our conversation, Mr. Brown talked about:

– Some of his background, some of the sports he loved in school and where did his love of writing come from
– What prompted him to write the article
– His experience writing the article and the response to it
– The fact that there are still so many barriers that Blacks have to break in football
– How this article made him a better writer
– What message did he want the readers to get out of this article

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Dr. Vibe and Chetachi A. Egwu have a conversation about the state of livestreaming.

Chetachi A. Egwu is a Nigerian American professor, writer/producer, filmmaker, dancer/choreographer, artist and actor .She earned a BA in Communication from the University of Buffalo in 1996, then moved on to Howard University in Washington, DC, where she completed a Masters and Ph.D. in Mass Communication.

Dr. Egwu has served as a faculty member in the communication departments at Morgan State University, The George Washington University and Nova Southeastern University. She is currently communication faculty at the University of Maryland University College.

Her work has been featured in academic journals, newspapers and online publications such as The Grio and The Burton Wire, her creative nature reaches beyond writing. Dr. Egwu is also a dancer/choreographer and was a member of Carla and Company, Coyaba Dance Theater, Choreographers Collaboration Project in Washington DC and featured in several other projects. An avid filmmaker, she is currently co-producer and co-director for the documentaries Runway Afrique and No Justice, No Peas: Getting A Veggie In The Hood, and co-producer, director and cinematographer for the documentary Sunshine Chic. Dr. Egwu also is the host of MediaScope on the streaming platforms such as Periscope.

Recently, Ms. Egwu was live on our show We had a conversation about The State Of Livestreaming.

During our conversation, Ms. Egwu talked about:

– The livestream journey going back to Meerkat
– How she got into livestreaming
– Her thoughts on various livestream platforms including Periscope, Facebook Live, BeLive.tv, Anchor, Firetalk, Instagram Stories, Snapchat
– Why she feels now is the best time to be a content creator
– Some things to think about before choosing a livestream platform

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