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  The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced all of us into Quarantine mode. All over America we are told to stay home. Well, for those that are dating and not living together, quarantine is not the most ideal situation. We are still craving the intimacy of seeing one another and feeling close to our partner. With the desire to keep the flames going, virtual date nights seem to be the most common practice. Well known apps such as Zoom, FaceTime, and Skype have become staples for date nights. Listed below are 5 steps for men to create a romantic virtual date night.   1.       Schedule it through a calendar invite   Truthfully, women appreciate a man that can take the lead and plan ahead. It shows that the man is thinking of her. The calendar invite must also include a short message providing necessary information and building excitement for date night.    For example:   “Hey Gorgeous, I'd love for you to join me on Wednesday at 9:00 pm for a Romant...

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced all K-12 schools and college facilities statewide will remain closed for the rest of the academic year. Distance learning will continue as well as the meal programs and child care services for essential workers. The state will make a decision about summer school programming by the end of May. How bummed are you about the latest news of school closures? With everything being online, how are you coping with your new full-time role as a homeschooling parent or a virtual college student? For me, it has been a headache but also a rewarding experience at the same time. I recently had an interview on Vigilantes Radio Podcast where I was asked, how homeschooling was going and have I shared any tips on my blog. That question, led me to write this.  The school closure announcement has hit me in 2 distressing ways. The first is the obvious, my homeschooling gig has been extended and the second is my job as a Financial Aid Advisor. We had a virtual ...

In 2018, I was introduced to a Hip-Hop Artist by the name of HaStyle. When he and I first met, we instantly connected. It was like we had been friends for years. He is humble, creative with his words and illustrations. At the time of meeting HaStyle, I was still focused on podcasting full-time so I was able to create a live show called, "The NikiMarie Morning Show". The show was for an hour on Instagram live every Thursday morning at 11am. I would have guest on set or I would play music and read the comments from people who tuned in.  HaStyle hails from Queens, NY with a purpose of changing the current tides of Hip-Hop Music. HaStyle delivers a creative, innovative rhyme flow with clever metaphors and relevant content within his music, which elevates him above the average 1 Million and 1 “soundcloud-mixtape” rappers that peddle music. HaStyle is also a creative visual artist that provokes thought and relevant controversy through his visual art pieced featured via Ins...

For over 25 years, Easy Mo Bee has functioned within the music industry and worked with a slew of the hottest artists in the business. Before the COVID-19 Quarantine, Media Assassins had the pleasure of sitting down with Easy Mo Bee to talk about his life, legacy and his experience working with some of the greatest artists in Hip-Hop and beyond. We hope you enjoy and continue to support the Media Assassins Podcast. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel  to gain access to part 2 of our interview.    Easy Mo Bee (born Osten Harvey, Jr. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York) is a hip-hop legend who got his start producing for Big Daddy Kane, and then produced 10 tracks on The Genius’ (before Wu-Tang and before he was The Gza) debut LP, Words From The Genius. He got in good with Andre Harrell’s Uptown Records camp, which lead to a working relationship with Diddy. When Diddy split Uptown and formed Bad Boy, Mo produced the bulk of the label’s early material, most...

Video credit: Crooklyn Reactions Who else had their wine, tea, pretzels, dinner, dessert...?? I was 5 hours late to the party but I had so much fun. Good music can bring soo many people together. Doesn't matter the color of your skin, your gender or anything else. Shout out to the music legends for a phenomenal do over. Babyface and Teddy Riley took me back to my younger days... Check out the video and let me know in the comments who you voted for. I originally said Teddy had this in the bag but then Babyface played his guitar and sung an original... then he went to a song he wrote for Karyn White and I was back on team Babyface. This was such a hard choice but enjoy!   

       Before the COVID-19 Pandemic, I was traveling back and forth to Manhattan where I was recording my Podcast shows. I was also traveling to and from my full-time job as the Associate Director of Financial Aid. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, my co-host and I recorded our first podcast episode for Media Assassins.  Our first guest was 2x Grammy Winning Producer, Easy Mo Bee. We were able to post some of the visual content on our Media Assassins YouTube channel and the audio is currently featured on Enemy Radio (via Live365) which serves as the official streaming platform of Public Enemy. Episodes can also be heard on Spotify, Anchor and Google Podcast. Easy Mo Bee spoke to us about music sampling, the song he produced for 2Pac and Biggie before their friendship ended in death and so much more.  Before the quarantine happened, I enjoyed my productive life. I was attending workshops related to entrepreneurship, financial literacy and women ...

       Nikiya “NikiMarie” Rodriguez, is the Podcast Creator/Host of NikiMarie Radio™ and the Associate Director of Financial Aid for a non-profit institution in Long Island, New York. The Podcast which launched on January 11, 2018 can be heard on major internet platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio and Anchor.FM. The topics covered so far are related but not limited to Mental Health, Financial Literacy and Relationships.  NikiMarie recently partnered with an organization called Leaders Are Born, LLC (LAB.co) DBA The kidlightenment Project™ - an innovative social enterprise dedicated to universal financial literacy and the progressive development of children Pre-K to College. NikiMarie assumes the role as the Executive Moderator for their newly developed podcast, #Common_Cents™ Webtalk “Leadership in Readership Hour” which is live streamed weekly and focuses on interviews with community leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and more. The Podcast ...