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​The City of Atlanta - Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs will bring its annual ELEVATE public art festival to Atlanta’s historic West End neighborhood from Sunday, October 4 to Saturday, October 10, 2020. This year’s festival events will be virtual. 

​• Musical performances by Kebbi Williams and The Wolf Pack, The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra, Gritz and Jelly Butter, Tony Hightower, and Julie Dexter. 
​• Mural installations honoring civil rights leader Reverend James Orange and Black women activists from the West End community. 
• An online and in person voter registration event at the West End MARTA station. 
• A conversation with New York Times best-selling authors Pearl Cleage and Tayari Jones, who frequently feature Atlanta’s West End community in their work.  
• The opening of Hammonds House Museum’s exhibition Elements of A Revolution. 
• A conversation between the executive directors of Atlanta Contemporary and Les Abattoirs/Toulouse to discuss challenges of promoting art during COVID-19, issues of gender equality and racism in their field. Since 1974 Atlanta and Toulouse have been Sister Cities. 
• A screening of the stirring new documentary, “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” an intimate account of the legendary U.S. Representative’s life, legacy, and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism. 
• An Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance of Lazarus created by acclaimed hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris. The ballet connects the past and the present in a powerful work that addresses racial inequities America faced when Mr. Ailey founded his dance company in 1958 and still faces today.
• Renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems, in collaboration with SCAD, will launch RESIST COVID/TAKE 6, a public art initiative raising critical heath awareness about COVID-19 and the ways racial inequities have manifested in the pandemic. 

By now, we're sure you've heard that Tyler Perry was named Hollywood's latest billionaire!

However, did you know that his latest series on BET+ called BRUH is coming back on September 10th?

​The cast of TYLER PERRY’S BRUH includes Barry Brewer as Jonathan “John” Watts, Mahdi Cocci as Tom Brooks, Phillip Mullings Jr as Mike Alexander and Monti Washington as Bill Frazier. 

Here's a piece of information you may not know....Our good friend, Chandra Currelley, stars as Alice in Tyler Perry's Bruh.

We have known Chandra Currelley for many years.  She is a huge supporter of When We Speak TV and this is not her first time working with Tyler Perry.  She's being in several of his productions like Madea's Class Reunion, Madea's Big Happy Family, and For Better Or Worse, just to name a few!!

When We Speak TV would like to take a moment to acknowledge that super strong and powerful woman named Syleena Johnson! 

Syleena Johnson Sings Her Song Freelance Lover During Album Release Party

When We Speak TV celebrates with Syleena Johnson in Atlanta for the release of her album Woman

Grammy nominated guitarist, Rod Harris Jr shares with When We Speak TV the joy of being a musician.  Rod has performed and recorded with countless artists and singers spanning multiple genres such as J. Holiday, Musiq Soulchild, Jagged Edge, Donell Jones, Lloyd, Syleena Johnson, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Monica, Jennifer Holliday, Dionne Farris, and many others.

​We had so much fun speaking with Rhonda Ross and she was super cool and down to earth!  We feel so blessed for this opportunity and hope that this interview inspires you!!!! 

​Here, in his first interview since finishing Star Wars and that unguarded address from a Hyde Park stage, John Boyega explains how both platforms inspired him to make a stand, but for very different reasons.  Click below to read more:

​We have known Shameia and her Grammy winning producer husband, Michael, for some years now....You may remember that Shameia has been featured on our What Do YOU Speak? segment.   

....You may remember when When We Speak TV made an appearance in her music video, Hold On To That Feeling

....or maybe her voice sounds familiar to you because she is the female voice on Ice Cube's song Streets Shed Tears.

​​Singer, Shameia Crawford, believes that you have to give yourself the best results.

​Shameia Crawford is featured on Ice Cube's new song, Streets Shed Tears.  She has released music of her own and has sang background for other great singers like Angie Stone, so now to be featured with Ice Cube is a great achievement.  

We are definitely holding on to this feeling!  We can not stop playing and dancing to Shameia Crawford's new video for her song "Hold On To That Feeling"!  Look closely and you will see some very familiar faces!!!! 

​Percussionist YemiConga shares with When We Speak TV, how he became the only musician in his family.  

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​Remey Williams is a Drummer, Producer, Singer, Songwriter, and Performer.  He has toured all around the world with artists like Summer Walker and has opened for artists such as Jagged Edge and Carl Thomas.

​Actor, Jermel Howard, speaks about growing up in foster care, acting, auditions, and how acting changed his life.  Jermel Howard has acted in such shows and films as, Power, Luke Cage, Orange Is The New Black, and All Eyez On Me.  

​Grammy nominated guitarist, Rod Harris Jr shares with When We Speak TV the joy of being a musician.

Many 2020 events have been either cancelled, rescheduled, or going virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic.....added to that list is the Riverfront Jazz Festival in Dallas, Texas.

The Riverfront Jazz Festival founded by Curtis King, President of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, is a multistage musical festival, that promotes, cultivates, and spotlights renowned musical artists from around the world as well as promising young artists from the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

​The perfect online platform for exhibitors around the world to meet, showcase their products and services, and connect with the largest minority-owned hair care customer base in the world. 

​The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) President and CEO H. Beecher Hicks III and Mayor David Briley signed lease that officially gives the museum control over the space the museum will occupy at Fifth and Broadway.

​​The 51st Running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race will be held across the country and around the world as the race moves to a completely virtual event in 2020.

​Remey Williams is a Drummer, Producer, Singer, Songwriter, and Performer.  He has toured all around the world with artists like Summer Walker and has opened for artists such as Jagged Edge and Carl Thomas.

​Remey Williams has always had music flowing through his veins. Being the son of O’Jays bass player Jimmy Williams, music has always encircle his life. He first discovered his love of music at the age of 10 when he learned how to play the drum set. Playing the drums became his way out of the violence ladened and gang affiliated life many young black males decided to live on the streets of Camden, New Jersey. 

I'M GOOD BY REMEY WILLIAMS

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​The 2020 BET Awards were held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic but that didn't stop great performances.  One performance that When We Speak TV particularly enjoyed was Usher and Summer Walker!! 

​​​During the 2019 Black Music Honors Red Carpet, singer, Major., salutes When We Speak TV of Atlanta.

​Some of you may remember our interview with Terrell Carter on When We Speak TV....some may remember him from Tyler Perry plays.....some may remember him from the hit tv show, Empire on Fox!!!  

During her album release party, R&B singer, Syleena Johnson, utilizes lyrics from her song Woman, to explain how women can become stronger in America.

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​We had so much fun speaking with Rhonda Ross and she was super cool and down to earth!  We feel so blessed for this opportunity and hope that this interview inspires you!!!! 

"I want this music to touch and soothe the soul of my fans during this difficult time in all of our lives," shares Tweet.

​If you live in the Atlanta area and you have not been to Nana's Chicken N Waffles, you are missing out on some seriously good food.  We got a chance to speak with owner, Kelli Ferrell. 

​Jermaine Sain, shares his childhood memory of calling the radio station and requesting "My Liberty", recorded in 1982, by Southeast Inspirational Choir with Yolanda Adams on lead vocals.  

​From the EP - EXPANSION 

Today's spotlight is on our friend, Speech Thomas, of Arrested Development.  You may remember that we interviewed Speech on When We Speak TV before.  We also spoke with him when Arrested Development was honored at Black Music Honors in 2019.

....but that's not why you came here.  You want to see the new music video!!! 
So here it is...

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​Black Music Honors  acknowledges legendary artists who have made significant musical contributions to African American culture and American music worldwide. 

After 14 years, Speech Thomas,  from the Grammy Award winning group, Arrested Development dropped a new music...... Expansion Pt.1

​We have definitely learned plenty since the start of When We Speak TV. 
Jermaine Sain​, owner of When We Speak TV, shares what he attributes to be the most valuable lesson he's learned about starting a media company.