Communications & Media Production Major

Began attending SUNY Broome Community College in Binghamton, NY, studying music production, broadcasting, and music theory (alto saxophone, trumpet).

August 2005 - 2007
Moved to Pittsburgh

Accepted to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh (turned it down), but moved to the city after falling in love with the Burgh's Hip Hop scene, like the long-missed home The Shadow Lounge.

April 2008
Started Fresh Air Flavor with my Dad

Started Fresh Air Flavor Media and then Ground Flow Communications, Inc. with my Baba. At that time, Fresh Air Flavor was a Hip Hop Soul record label, and Ground Flow Communications was the media network. 

July 2009
Moved back to Binghamton & ProjectDCX

Moved back to Binghamton to be with family and reset. In January 2011, myself along with Kymel Yard, Talon Trotman, Randy Trotman & Toya Foster formed the record label ProjectDCX (Diverse Cultural Excellence)

July 2010 - January 2012
Moved back to Pittsburgh
Moved back to the City of Steel for Round 2
July 2013
Asst. Creative Director & Teaching Artist - 1Hood Media Academy

Became the Asst. Creative Director & a Hip Hop teaching artist at 1Hood Media Academy in Pittsburgh, with a focus on media literacy.

In charge of doing the creative designs as well as co-leading creative writing workshops with artists Jacquea Mae, LiveFromTheCity, Jordan Montgomery & co.

September 2013
Teaching Artist - Guardians of Sound's Hip Hop Orchestra

Became a teaching artist with Guardians of Sound's Hip Hop Orchestra, and also a performing artist as the lead MC. 

Summer 2016
Act3 & UniSound Black Teaching Artist-In-Residence
Awarded the Black Teaching Artist-In-Residence grant from Act3 Consulting Partners & UniSound.
August 2022
Media Engineer & Producer - YMCA Lighthouse Project & Y Creator Space

Joined Pittsburgh's Homewood YMCA as one of the Lighthouse Project's studio engineers, as well as the media producer for our youth programs such as the Y Creator Space.

September 2022
Pittsburgh Hip Hop Wall of Fame

Entered into the first installment of the first  Pittsburgh Hip Hop Wall of Fame murals (current creators unknown to us at this time)

August 2023
Creative Director - Guardians of Sound

Became the Creative Director of Guardians of Sound and the Hip Hop Orchestra.

October 2023
Relaunched FreshAirFlavor.com

Relaunched the first company my Baba and I built together.

October 2023
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