Ricky Smith is the Founder and CEO of Rickysmithnow Labs, a New York-based technology company specializing in Evolutionary Computer Science and Hyper-Gravitational Defense. Smith was born and raised in New York City, allowing him to begin his career in the entertainment industry at a young age. He appeared in titles such as 30 Rock (NBC), Notorious (Universal), and The Color Purple (Scott Sanders/Oprah Winfrey). While in high school, he created a luxury event promotion company which generated over $25,000 in revenue and was featured in media outlets such as The New York Post, CBS News, and MSNBC. During this time, Smith also began writing, recording, and producing music. This led him to enroll in the Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries at Syracuse University (voted one of the top programs in the nation by Billboard Magazine). While attending, Smith utilized the alumni network to launch his career as a recording artist and achieved over 10 million streams on his songs (also becoming featured on a #1 iTunes album). In addition, Smith was awarded The ASCAP Foundation BMG Chrysalis Scholarship in Honor of Quincy Jones. After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science in 2018, Smith began developing his technology company Rickysmithnow Labs. He lives in New York City with his family.

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Isaiah Rashad doesn’t look back. Instead, he never stops moving forward. That’s why the internet has tried so hard to keep up since the Chattanooga, TN-born and Los Angeles-based artist emerged in 2012. After one seismic appearance after another throughout 2013, he formally introduced himself with 2014’s Cilvia Demo. XXL named him among its prestigious “Freshman Class,” while the project earned a rare score of 8.2 from Pitchfork. Just two years later, his full-length debut, The Sun’s Tirade, bowed in the Top 20 of the Billboard Top 200 and closed out 2016 on over a dozen year-end lists, including UPROXX, L.A. Weekly, Inverse, Stereogum, Pop Matters, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork, and more. In between sold out shows coast-to-coast and racking up nearly 500 million total streams, he quietly stared down his demons out of the spotlight. By the time he dove back into music, life had changed. The process switched up, so he realigned and linked up with new collaborators such as Kenny Beats. Ready to break a five-year creative silence, he returns with his second full-length album The House Is Burning[Top Dawg Entertainment], including the single “Lay Wit Ya” [feat. Duke Deuce]. While the house is burning, Isaiah’s running forward at full steam once again. Try to catch up.

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