Real Artists. Real Music. Real Talent.
Mission
NateBrown EntertainmentTM LLC is a multi-faceted community-focused company. Our mission is to elevate artistic expression that embodies a spirit of community responsibility, conscious elevation, and cultural integrity. NateBrownTM is on a mission to upgrade the landscape of what is currently represented as the prevalent form of artistry.
Vision
NateBrownTM partners with artists whose expressive commentary, whether through spoken word, live instrumentation, paint strokes, or vocal artistry emanates from the spiritual, soulful essence of that person. It is an art of a focused nature—not an art that is contrived in order to gain a certain status. Our artists, workshops, community forums, and concerts seek to affect change and share information that uplift a community that is gravely in need of a renewed direction. The contributions of NateBrown’sTM artists speak to the soul of a community.
NateBrown Entertainment’sTM Kuumba (Creativity)
We work with artists who simply don’t receive a fair share of the frequency space on mainstream radio, in local art galleries, at concert venues, community festivals and other communication outlets. NateBrownTM represents the artist whose voice often goes unheard due to inadequate exposure or unbalanced airplay.
While we will use traditional modes of promotion, NateBrownTM is equipped to create unique artist-specific campaigns that allow for the highest level of exposure. The foundation of our marketing tactics is culturally based. NateBrownTM is dedicated to affirming a holistic community via expression from our circle of vocalists, spoken word artists, musicians, bands, motivational speakers and artists.
NateBrown Entertainment’sTM Ujaama (Cooperative Economic)
Our events will be held exclusively in venues owned by Africans. Additionally, NateBrownTM will donate a portion of proceeds from all events to an organization, group or business that is also dedicated to uplifting, sustaining, and maintaining the community. Long-term, NateBrownTM will build its own venues for concerts, lodging and conferences. The community survives and thrives only if and when we support one another.
Nathaniel Peterson Abdullah was a man who wore many hats. Although he did not live his life flawlessly, Nate (as he was known to friends and family) yearned to be a successful entrepreneur and was respected by many in his
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~Shayna Bayard (aka Nate)
By trade, Shayna T. Bayard is an experienced writer and editor. In 1996, Shayna received a BA in journalism from Temple University, which laid the foundation for the path she would embark. Over the past decade, this Baltimore, MD, native has contributed as a writer for various local, regional, and national consumer and trade publications, including The Philadelphia Tribune, Advance for Nurses, The Philadelphia New Observer, Philly Word magazine, Black Enterprise magazine, and Black Elegance magazine. She has also spent many years as a newspaper and magazine editor, once serving as the managing editor for Origin magazine, a former lifestyles publication for women of the Delaware Valley. She is currently a proofreader for a nationally circulated cancer publication. Additionally, she is a journal manager/production editor for two prominent medical publishing companies. Although Shayna’s professional path has been one filled with journalistic endeavors, her personal life is fulfilled as a wife and mother of a son and two daughters.
The "Brown" in NateBrownTM is in honor of my father Lawrence Thomas Brown who was born on July 11, 1933 and made transition on January 4, 2007. What can I say except that he was everything a child could ask for in a father; a wonderful example of what a man should be and what a husband and father must be.
My father possessed a natural talent for working with his hands and was always available to help those in need. He was always looking out for someone in addition to raising his own family.
A man of integrity, generosity, and a lover of good music he was an entrepreneur at heart and helped to develop my desire to become self-employed.
NateBrown EntertainmentTM is a tribute to his legacy.
~Janise Lee (aka Brown)
Janise L. Lee, an entrepreneur and mother of three, began her musical journey at the age of eight studying classical piano for nine years. In 1996, she completed her B.S. degree in Computer and Information Sciences at Temple University and has worked in the IT industry for the past twelve years. In 2003, Janise fused her love of music, art, and working with youth by serving four years as the assistant director for a community based dance and arts program in North Philadelphia. During that time she also organized a culturally centered art program that ran for six weeks teaching students to make crafts reflective of their African ancestry. In 2004, following a strong desire to become self-employed, she started her own business as an affiliate of Compro-Tax Inc., the largest Black-owned tax preparation firm in the country. As co-founder of NateBrown EntertainmentTM , she is once again able to live her passions while serving the community.
