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This Founder’s Behind The First Black-Owned Coconut Water Brand In The Industry, And Michael Strahan’s An Investor
Among 100 Coconuts’ investors is Michael Strahan, who Lowe II says he initially met during his early days in tech.…
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Black Business
Justine Skye Is Getting Her Cut of the $13 Billion Hair Industry with the Launch of Her Wig Collection with Parfait
Justine Skye has a new gig to add to her resume: Hair entrepreneur. The singer and multi-hyphenate talent is the…
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LL Cool J Speaks To The Evolution of Hip-Hop As A Billion-Dollar Industry: ‘When Hip-Hop First Started, There Were No Accountants’
As previously reported by AfroTech, in 2020, Hip-Hop alongside R&B made up nearly a third of all streams in the…
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How Using Cannabis To Fill The Shoes Of His ‘P. Valley’ Character Led J. Alphonse Nicholson To Take On The Industry With Ball Family Farms
Now, after two years of sporting the title under the Black-owned cannabis company, Nicholson has returned with his own strain.…
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Comcast Xfinity Partners With Beauty Industry Changemakers To Create The Black Beauty Effect Docuseries
This editorial is brought to you in collaboration with Xfinity. If you think every beauty guru and their mother is…
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Pronghorn Invests In Ciara And Marc Farrell’s Ten To One Rum As A Part Of Its Mission To Make The Spirits Industry More Inclusive
As AfroTech previously told you, Ciara joined Ten To One’s founder and CEO Marc Farrell as a triple threat. She…
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Black Professions Make Up 7.4 Percent Of The Tech Industry, And Adam Williams Launched A Lifestyle Brand To Change That
Adam Williams is a PG County, MD resident who admittedly did not have an affinity for math and science growing…
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Benedict College Becomes The First HBCU To Offer An Esports Degree Track To Help Students Tap Into The Billion-Dollar Industry
After two years in the making, Benedict College offers esports as a major — marking the institution as the first…
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‘The Queen Only Smokes The Finest’ — Big Freedia Bounces Into The Cannabis Industry With Her New Brand Royal Bud
According to the outlet, in addition to her merchandise line, Big Freedia has previously partnered with Ben & Jerry’s for…
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