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Say It Loud

February 9, 2007

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Peace vibevixen.com Readers, I’m Beverly Bond: Celebrity DJ, producer, television writer, budding philanthropist, activist, and now… ‘weekly blogger for Vibevixen.com’. I’m glad I’m doing this because I have a lot to talk to you about. But first let me give you a quick overview of how I came to be. My music career started in 2000 when I turned my hobby, passion, respect, and love for the music into a full time gig. I’ve always believed that music is supposed to feed your soul. That is how I approach every party. I would take my crowd on a musical journey....

FEAR OF A BLACK DJ

February 10, 2007

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While my DJ career blossomed and expanded into the world of music entertainment I started to notice a disturbing trend amongst many of the black music moguls and more prominent entertainers. At most of their “A-list” events they would always hire a white DJ. They seemed to have a preference for privileged white DJ’s of a certain pedigree. In the hip hop/music-mogul/entertainment world, it appears that White is the “New Black”. It seems that credibility, pure talent, music knowledge, raw skills, and flow, which used to be paramount, have taken a backseat to skin color, bankroll, and lineage. I’m NOT...