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For 6 years, I published one of the hottest entertainment magazines on college campuses. It was called Mad Rhythms. I poured my heart into that mag. My experiences as a journalist and magazine publisher schooled me to hip hop culture, entrepreneurship and America in a big way.As the new millenium approached, I wanted to do something different with my life. I closed Mad Rhythms and opened up a marketing company and a book publishing company. I used everything that I had learned from Mad Rhythms and put it to work in a different way. (www.rhpress.com)My marketing company, The Signals Agency, creates strategies and opportunities for corporations and individuals to market their products. I'm hard on my clients because I am hard on myself. It's a tough road for the both of us. (www.thesignalsagency.com)My publishing company, Rolling Hills Press, has connected me with readers, authors and lovers of the written word. My first book was The Blueprint for My Girls. Since then, Rolling Hills Press has published EXCLUSIVE: A Novel and PRIVACY: The Sequel to EXCLUSIVE. Life as a book publisher has been off the chain! The love that you get from the people... It's crazy. (www.yasminshiraz.com)My day to day hustle is writing and creating new ideas. I've learned so much from being a business woman and being raised to love hip hop culture that I breathe it and live it. And to me that's so empowering.

My Interests

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I like to meet young folks who are committed to changing lives and communities. Let's do it together.Check out my website: www.talkretaliation.netMessage to the young people: Keep your heads up and don't be afraid to blaze a new path. Your answers may be the solution to the world's problems. Keep thinking. Keep elevating.

My Blog

Sociologist Nabs Coveted Spot on ALA's Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers List

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Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:27:00 GMT

National Call To Action for Jena 6

Free Mychal Bell - Get Justice for the Jena 6! I will be wearing black on September 20th in my support of the Jena 6. I know that the 6 black boys in Jena, Louisiana could have been related to me. Th...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:48:00 GMT

Countdown to Retaliation

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Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:06:00 GMT

Violence In Our Communities

Over the past seven days, I seen more articles that feature blacks as the victims of violence than I care to recall. We gotta stop sitting back and letting this sickness kill off our communities. I'm...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:42:00 GMT

Pass the J - The Psychosis is Free! by Yasmin Shiraz

I've long questioned the promotion of smoking marijuana in all forms of music and popular culture. Artists who testify of incidents of "higher creativity" while under the influence of Mary Jane have a...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:32:00 GMT

Three Word Ban: It's About Time!

Three Word Ban: It's About Time by Yasmin Shiraz   Russell Simmons in all of his hip hop mogul glory has issued a statement on Monday calling for recording and broadcasting industries to ban the ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:45:00 GMT

VA Tech Massacre - How did it happen?

As news coverage continues of yesterday's shooting at Virginia Tech-"The Greatest School Massacre in US History"-I hear more and more people asking how this shooting could have happened. I hear people...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:46:00 GMT

Hate Imus? Blame Rappers!

Hate Imus? Blame Rappers! That's what people might as well say especially the people who are associating Imus' sexist and racist remarks with the misogynistic lyrics that many African American rappers...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:02:00 GMT

Gerald Levert, Death-- Do We Like What We See?

Gerald Levert, singer, songwriter and producer: born Philadelphia 13 July 1966; (four children); died Cleveland, Ohio 10 November 2006. Gerald was a member of the 90's R&B group, Levert; a member ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:09:00 GMT

Award Show BS

I know you've probably heard about Kanye West complaining at the MTV Europe Awards when another group won Video of the Year last week instead of him. His actions were in a word: LAME!!!! The reason th...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:51:00 GMT