Go With The Flo
By Flo Anthony
Actress, singer, songwriter,
poet Tsebiyah Derry has not
allowed the global pandemic
to slow her down this summer
of 2021. In true-to-life Hot Girl
summer form, Tsebiyah started
off the season by releasing a
sizzling love ballad “Coastline,”
which is available on all music
streaming platforms. On Aug.
6, 2021, Netflix released “Hit &
Run,” a nine-part Original series
starring Sanaa Lathan as Naomi
Hicks, the ex-lover of Segev Azulai,
portrayed by Lior Raz, who is
searching for his wife’s killers.
Filmed prior to the pandemic,
Tsebiyah nabbed the role of
a receptionist at the magazine
that Lathan’s character works
for. Says Tsebiyah, “My character
is a dicey hipster.” Adding to the
success of “Coastline” and “Hit
& Run,” the Brooklyn resident is
also a recipient of a $5,000 grant
from New York City Artist Corps.
The $25 million program supports
artists who live and work
in NYC, while giving New Yorkers
opportunities to experience
cultural programming across
the city starting this summer.
Tsebiyah, who made her
Broadway debut in 2018 in “Rocktopia,”
always in the moment™
Caribbean L 44 ife, AUGUST 20-26, 2021
will be using the funds to
put on a free concert presentation
of original performances
in October, which she plans to
record and release on YouTube.
With all of this multitasking of
endeavors, Tsebiyah also found
time this summer to publish a
new poem, “Home Is Earth.” The
autobiographical work of prose
will appear in the third issue of
Spoken Black Girl Mag!
Fashion designer B Michael
will be honored by the National
Congress of Black Women at
their annual awards ceremony
on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. The
37th annual anniversary virtual
event is titled, “Through It All,
Still Standing.” Other honorees
include Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
(lead developer of the Moderna
vaccine), Congresswoman Cori
Bush (MO), Renee Montgomery
(VP and co-owner of the Atlanta
Dream) and Dr. Rebecca S.
Pringle (President of the National
Education Association). B
Michael became the first Black
American designer in luxury
fashion to dress an Oscar recipient,
the late Cicely Tyson, in the
91-year history of the Academy
Awards.
The first Annual Southampton
African American Museum
Benefit took place at Blu Mar
in Southampton, New York on
Aug. 12. Hosted by Martin and
Jean Shafiroff, the esteemed
attendees included Brenda Simmons,
Essence Magazine icon,
Susan L. Taylor and her husband
Kephra Burns, L. Marilyn Crawford,
Loida Lewis, Sharon Lopez,
Aisha Christian and Michael
Steifman. The media sponsors
included Dan’s Papers, while
Bloomberg Philanthropies was
among the corporate sponsors.
This Black business month,
Jean Shafi roff, Susan L. Taylor and Khephra Burns. Photo by
Jared Suskin for Patrick McMullan
American Express and the U.S.
Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC)
are announcing the expansion
of ByBlack with the first national
certification program exclusively
for Black ownership designation.
Actress and entrepreneur Issa
Rae recently certified her haircare
business, Sienna Naturals,
on ByBlack.
Flo Anthony.
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