Bea Hinton, who is of biracial heritage, explores and denounces the stereotyping of black men as violent, lazy and unlovable in a piece at Filthy Freedom. Dating black men is a choice that she accepts wholeheartedly. Click on the link below to read more.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Christopher A. Norris is an award-winning journalist, online content producer and professional drummer endorsed by TRX Cymbals. An American businessman, Norris currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Techbook Online Corporation, overseeing a strategic initiative of mobilizing local, regional, national and global communities by encouraging the production, safeguarding and dissemination of diversified contents in the media and global information networks. In 2013, Christopher Norris was recognized as a 2013 BMe Leadership Award Winner, a 2013 Philly DoGooder “Emerging Leader,” and “Brother of the Year” by The Brothers’ Network. Christopher is known on stage as Flood the Drummer.
During our conversation, Chris talks about:
– How started playing the drums at six years old and is self taught
– Some of his background
– How he played with jazz legend Herbie Hancock when he was sixteen years old
– Some of his favorite musicians when he was growing up and some of the musicians that we both love
– His parents support of his love of drumming when he was younger
– How he ran ran a successful $2 million dollar company when his was sixteen years old and what it taught him
– How he ended up working at Apple in Austin, Texas
– Why it wasn’t hard for him to leave Apple
– the moment he decided to start Techbook Online at 22 years old and what did his parents think
– The health benefits of drumming
– His passionate concerns about the American public school system
– What is Techbook Online at all about, what it does and how it has grown
– How can people help Techbook Online
– His concerns about the American media industry
– His involvement with BMe (Black Men Engagement), what is BMe all about and how he got involvement with BMe
– How did Flood The Drummer come about
– His message for Black men
“Be Different, Be Great, and Never Stop.” is the motto that Brandon Frame not only lives by but also embodies. Hailing from Hartford, Connecticut, Brandon has always had a vision for achieving his goals. As a graduate of Morehouse College, Brandon unites his passion for business and education together as he continually creates avenues for youth to develop into positive and upstanding men and women. His website, The Black Man Can has become a pinnacle point for the Black community and society. TheBlackManCan is read in all 50 states and over 15 different countries. He currently serves as the Director of Business Partnerships and Program Development at High School Inc., in his home town of Hartford, Connecticut.
In June of 2012, Brandon launched a line of men’s neckwear called Final Frame. In January of 2013, Brandon released an interactive journal for Black boys and Men titled Define Yourself, Redefine the World: A Guided Journal for Black Men & Boys”. Brandon has received numerous awards and honors and was most recently awarded the 2012 Excellence in Education Award from Black Street Black Celebration Awards.
In 2013, he received an official citation from the State of Connecticut for TheBlackManCan Institute and was named Top 40 under 40 by The Hartford Business Journal. Brandon’s work has been featured in Jet Magazine, PolicyMic, Black Enterprise, The Grio, NBC New York and Fox Connecticut.
Brandon Frame is an evolving visionary that’s determined to “Be Different, Be Great, and Never Stop.”
Brandon will be on our show live tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific.
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R&B singer Glenn Lewis says that if we are to ever get the soul, the heart back into R&B, we have to learn to love each time like the first time. We have to remember — and value — love and beauty, joy and possibility. Click on the link below to read more.
