October 2021 Create The Market, Build The Community It’s no surprise that the two women behind the For Us By Us (F.U.B.U.) Market shared a common goal of combating Black health stereotypes, since they met while working at a gym.... RENARD BRIDGEWATER for MaCCNO
June 2021 Business is Blooming with Blucid Floral Despite several beloved New Orleans dives, restaurants, and small businesses shuttering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lower 9th Ward native, licensed florist, and floral designer... RENARD BRIDGEWATER for MaCCNO
June 2020 JUST DO IT The world is inhabited by three types of people: doers, procrastinators, and thinkers. The latter deliberately plans for everything, meticulously creating contingencies, and... RENARD BRIDGEWATER for MaCCNO
March 2020 HIP-HOP’S SWISS ARMY KNIFE Soul Sonix Studios (say that three times fast) sits in the rear of an extended shotgun in the Gert Town area of the city. An annex just past the kitchen follows a long hallway of... RENARD BRIDGEWATER for MaCCNO
January 2020 NEW YEAR, NEW WE New Orleans native Jasmine “Demplz” Olivier wears many hats: rapper, singer-songwriter, sewer of Black Masking Indian suits, and mother. She grew up between the city’s 7th... RENARD BRIDGEWATER for MaCCNO
November 2019 A HUSTLER’S SPIRIT Austin Levy (A. Levy) is a modern day Jack Of All Trades: touring hip-hop emcee, event curator, audio engineer, recording studio owner, and all around go-getter. His ingenuity and... RENARD BRIDGEWATER for MaCCNO
September 2019 TRAPTISM BY FIRE Playing in the high school marching band has been a natural stepping stone for many New Orleans musicians. In addition to learning the fundamentals of an instrument, the... RENARD BRIDGEWATER for MaCCNO
