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Buzz Interviews Wavyy Jonez of Fat City Global, INC

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Growing up in Long Island, I was surrounded by greatness and everything that came from it – Like EPMD, RAKEEM, CRAIG MACK, KEITH MURRAY, and BIZMARKEE. Seeing these greats from my city conquer how they did, I knew that I could take the world by storm and make an impact. So, I started writing my own rhymes, finding ways to get into the studio, and performing wherever I could find a mic and stage.

After many years, and many struggles, my mom and my brother packed up and settled in Spring Lake, NC. Life was easier there, and it gave my mom the opportunity to raise us better. I hated seeing my mom struggle, but that just ignited a bigger hustler in me, so I knew I had to tap into me more – and I did.

After working petty jobs to help my mother hold down the house, I knew there had to be better. I did it all from washing dishes at a college, flipping burgers at Mcdonald’s, and valeting cars. I was hurt, broken – and I put all my downfalls in one painful song. The next morning, my Accapella went viral, big music platforms were reposting me, and I got hit up by a gentlemen who said I remind him of the Notorious B.I.G. Not thinking much of it, he then sent me a flyer saying they were looking for an actor to play “BIGGIE,” in a new television series

I auditioned and eventually would win the heart of one of the producers who decided to fly me in to test for the role – in Hollywood. After two nerve-wracking auditions in front of Hollywood’s top executives, I went on to book the role and that has then launched my career in Hollywood. Continue Reading Meet Wavyy Jonez of Fat City Global, INC

Buzz Interviews Samantha Ramsdell

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Like many artists, I have been singing since and performing since I can remember. My dad was an opera singer and was really involved in the church, so I remember singing in church when I was as little as 6 and taking piano lessons at the age of 7. I am from a small town in Maine so there wasn’t a ton of opportunities for performers, but any chance to get on stage at local community theatres, sing in girl choirs, sing the national anthem at local games, take singing lessons and dance lessons, you named it and I would do it. My dream was always to be a professional singer since I can remember. When most kids were playing sports, going to parties, and hanging out with friends, I was either at a rehearsal, lessons or performances.
When I turned 17 and it was time to discuss college, deep down I really wanted to go to music school or go to the city to follow my dream of being a singer. But my parents and community were very apprehensive to doing anything outside of the norm, so I was told to go college and get a “realistic” degree like Business or Communications and get a “normal” job because singing was only for fun, not a career. So I quit singing, went to business school, got my degree, and got a job in Corporate Medical Sales. My corporate job brought me to Stamford but I found myself becoming severely depressed, I gained 50 pounds and started taking up drinking regularly, taking prescription meds and smoking up to a pack of cigarettes a day.
After almost 8 years of not singing or performing at all and becoming almost a shell of myself, I worked with an energy healer who saw the reason I was so lost was I was not practicing what I loved. I started singing lessons the next day, posting my journey on social media, and now a little over two years later I am a professional singer and performer. I’m the lead singer of the “9 of Hearts” Dance Band, I train with Manhattan Comedy, Upright Citizens Brigade, and Groundlings in improv and stand up comedy, and regularly takes the stage in both regional and Off-Broadway productions. Most recently, I released my first original single “Can’t Be the Only One”, now available on all streaming platforms, and was named one of the “Top 5 New Internet Comedians to Follow in 2020” and a “New Rising Artist to Watch” by New York Weekly. Continue Reading Meet Samantha Ramsdell

Buzz Interviews Keith Andrew of KeithAndrewNetWork.com

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June 13, 2013
I created my very own Talk Show.

Reason for the Talk Show was to turn myself on to example for people who are dealing with any type of learning disabilities and disability’s to never give up and prove people wrong.

Idea show you that labels do not dictate who you are and who your going to be so #BreakTheLabels Continue Reading Meet Keith Andrew of KeithAndrewNetWork.com

Buzz Interviews Robyn Babina of Gladiolus Productions, LLC.

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Even when I was little, acting was my passion. I used to put on little plays, give out tickets, and make my parents and friends watch me perform. But as I got older, as much as I wanted to entertain people, “reality” set in and I gave up my dream being in front of the camera. I still wanted to be part of the world I loved though, so I opted to find other avenues to feel connected to the industry and ultimately earned a BFA in film/drama with a focus in film production from Syracuse University. When I graduated college, I tried many different types of “behind the scenes” jobs to break into entertainment. However, with each opportunity I felt less and less fulfilled and after three years, I finally left the business all together and decided to go back to school to become a teacher (which was another dream of mine). I taught middle school for 15 years and for 10 of them I also taught drama. In some ways, I felt I was still part of the industry, I was just teaching others to act instead of doing it myself. After a while, my students began asking me practical questions: What is is like to be on a big set? What is it like to be on a large stage? How can I be on television? But because I never had an opportunity to do it myself, I didn’t have any answers for them. Then one day I decided it was my time. No more excuses, no more second guessing, I needed to go out there and at least try or I would regret it forever. I joined a local theater group, I worked background on some TV shows in NYC, I started to act in short films, I was in commercials, and I even started taking acting classes myself. Immersing myself in this world made me realize that there were roles for all types of people and it WAS possible for me to be in front of the camera, rather than behind. That next school year, I was no longer teaching drama, I was actually performing myself. In the short time that I have been living my dream, I have won two awards for acting (Best Actress in a Dramatic Role and Best Supporting Actress in a Short Drama), something I NEVER believed would happen. Continue Reading Meet Robyn Babina of Gladiolus Productions, LLC.

Buzz Interviews TJ Burrowes of All Hail Worldwide

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So during my time in college, I’ve always had high aspirations for myself in the music and fashion industry, but I just didn’t really know the correct way to execute, or in what way I would intertwine the two. So I put out some hats first, and from there was the start of all things I have humbly accomplished through All Hail.. Continue Reading Meet TJ Burrowes of All Hail Worldwide

Buzz Interviews Chi Ilochi of StylingByChi

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I’ve been into fashion and style since I was about seven years old, but didn’t quite realize how strong my love for style was until my sophomore year of high school. My senior year of high school, I got a job in the fashion department at a local Kmart. And more often than not, it consisted of folding and unfolding clothes, which I wasn’t a huge fan of, but it also consisted of customers asking me how they would look in certain pieces and I fell in love. I knew from then on I wanted to be a stylist, I couldn’t see myself doing anything else. Continue Reading Meet Chi Ilochi of StylingByChi

Buzz Interviews Tim Tate of Washington Glass Studio

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35 years ago I recieved a terminal diagnosis. I was told I had one year to live. I realized that I had been living my life for others and was determined that I would spend my last year doing what I had dreamed about since my mother took me to the Corning Museum of Glass when I was 8 years old. I decided to work in glass, my true passion. For 10 years I was told that I had one year to live. This meant I became obsessed with furthering my skills before I died.

Then one day I realized I wasn’t going to die in a year, so I began doing something with my skills. Continue Reading Meet Tim Tate of Washington Glass Studio

Buzz Interviews Mathieu Silverman

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My love of acting began in the 4th grade. I auditioned for a school play and won a fun comedic role playing a disheveled and kooky female school teacher. I was really surprised by all the amazing comments I received after the performance. I had a lot of fun doing that play and it’s really nice when you enjoy doing something and other people enjoy it too. It was after that play that I thought acting might be something to pursue. My mother signed me up for some acting classes and I have continued performing in schools plays. It was all so much fun that I decided I would start auditioning for more professional opportunities, but I needed headshots. Someone who lives in my apartment building is a famous headshot photographer who has taken photos of the most famous actors in the world. He took some headshots of me and I started getting background work for television shows. Those onset experiences led me to student films and then short films. Last December I signed with an agent in New York City and this month I found out that I was nominated for a Young Entertainer Award for Best Young Actor in one of the short films. Continue Reading Meet Mathieu Silverman

Buzz Interviews Tim Realbuto

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My mother filled my world with music and the arts when I was a kid. Symphonic music. Classical music. Broadway music. I did my first show (“The Music Man”) when I was five years old and I was completely hooked. I never stopped and I’m 35 years old now. Continue Reading Meet Tim Realbuto

Buzz Interviews Vincent Farr

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Well growing up in a family where my mother is a nurse and my father is a fireman, I thought I was destined to be a civil servant. Up until about 10 years ago, I wanted to follow in my fathers footsteps and then I got the bug..the acting bug as they call it. As a kid, I looked at acting as a profession that was unattainable. I always thought that it was reserved for people who were born into it. While I figured out what I wanted to do with my life, I took up acting as a hobby. I would submit to local casting calls here in the city, literally anything and everything just to have the opportunity to get onto a set. In this time, I was fortunate to land an agent to help me with castings as I was not having any luck on my own. Lucky for me this agent of mine landed me a role on the set of The Dark Knight Rises. As many of you know, it is part of the Batman saga. Although it was just a background role or “Extra”, it was during this time on set that I realized my passion for acting and desire to become an actor. Continue Reading Meet Vincent Farr

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