by Mary Spiller
April 13, 2024
Blige ready the pageant with an all Black Girl workers and administration crew.
The third annual Power of a Girl Pageant and Summit in New York Metropolis will probably be headed by Mary J. Blige. The pageant is ready to be a three-day occasion from Might 10 to Might 12.
The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has deliberate the Power of a Girl Pageant with an all-Black feminine crew. The advertising and marketing crew, administration, and workers members are supposed to replicate Blige’s dedication to the pageant’s message. She revealed in an unique interview with Forbes what went behind her determination to conduct the preparation this fashion.
She mentioned, “Black ladies in any enterprise are probably the most neglected, underpaid, underestimated. I needed to place them in a light-weight the place folks see how superb all of us are and never neglected.”
“That is my id. The entire aim is to raise and maintain, and to not keep in the identical place. You do this by entrepreneurship, by determining new methods to invent your self and create income streams to have longevity.”
The pageant is stacked with a formidable line of sponsorship offers, all Black and female-owned. They are going to function merchandise from Mielle Organics, On a Mission by Ciara, Sister Love — a model created by Mary J. Blige and Simone I. Smith — and Solar Goddess Wines.
The Mom’s Day weekend occasion will start at Apollo Theater and be led by Tiffany Haddish.
The subsequent day will kick off the music performances. The Barclays Heart could have dwell performances by Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, 50 Cent, Fats Joe, Jadakiss, Muni Lengthy, Lola Brooke, and Funk Flex.
Blige instructed Forbes that having the occasion over Mom’s Day weekend was an vital selection for her. “Moms are extraordinarily vital as a result of, with out them, there can be no hip hop tradition, as there can be no hip hop artists,” mentioned Blige.
She continued, “Moms are the rationale these individuals are right here. They delivery these folks, and we’ve got to all the time acknowledge that, particularly on Mom’s Day.”
“As an alternative of being a Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, be the largest and greatest Queen of Hip-Hop Soul on the earth that you may be for your self.”
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