This week, Black Imagination welcomes rapper and developer Ray Nitti to the show to talk about how he got his start in rap, the business around music, and his transformation from full time rapper to Milwaukee Mogul.  

Antoine and Kennita dive right into the conversation with standard Riverside vs. King banter and hair talk. Ray talks about his organizing days and how he got into civic engagement (4:00). Then the group discusses how Ray got into rapping (7:00), the story of his hit song “Bow” (10:25), looking back at the business of “Bow” (16:40), his verse and video shoot for “Milwaukee Strong” (21:00), reflections back on his journey from the Virgin Islands to making multi-million dollar investments in MKE (24:18), and his shout-outs of his favorite MKE-based artists (28:18) 

Audio transitions: “Champion Style" by Ray Nitti from the short film “Champion Style” coming soon.