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Simone Biles Adds Restaurateur To Her Resume As She's Set To Bring A 'Taste Of Gold' To Her Hometown Airport

Eleven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles is launching a restaurant in her hometown! Taste Of Gold According to a news release, Biles has teamed up with athlete hospitality agency The Playmakers Group to open Taste of Gold in the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, TX. The venture will offer a five-star experience and feature signature menu items crafted by veteran restaurateur Mark Brezinski, who carries 45 years of restaurant experience, per Dallas Innovates. “I am very excited to partner with The Playmakers Group and their dedicated team to help bring a new restaurant to my hometown airport,” said Biles. “I am a foodie at heart, and our hope with Taste of Gold is to offer a beautiful dining experience that features award-winning, signature menu items with some of my favorite flavors sprinkled in for our guests.” Get ready to taste gold! 🥇 Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles is bringing her new restaurant, Taste of Gold, to IAH 🙌 More info:...

Sep 25, 2024

Driven By Her Desire To Break Generational Curses, Fantasia Barrino Is Studying At An HBCU And Reclaiming Her Power By Establishing Herself As Businesswoman

It’s been two decades since Fantasia Barrino’s “American Idol” win. The Grammy Award-winning singer was crowned in the show’s third season in 2004, at just 19 years old. In the finale, she had three standout performances including “All My Life,” “I Believe,” and “Summertime,” which was also performed earlier in the season and is the song she believes changed America’s heart towards her. “For me, going back to ‘Summertime,’ it means a lot because that’s the song that made people change their mind on me. When I first was on ‘American Idol,’ you’re thinking someone who’s clean, polished, who has somewhat of a perfect story, and I do not have that,” she told AFROTECH™. “I was already a young mom. I had already been speaking about how I got there.”   An ode to that special moment in time for Barrino, she is reimagining “Summertime,” collaborating with music director and producer Adam Blackstone — known for his work with Rihanna, Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, and Jazmine Sullivan — in its latest...

Sep 16, 2024

Angel Gregorio Bought A $1M Property To Open A Strip Mall For Black-Owned Businesses

The saying “lift as you climb” is often heard among entrepreneurs. However, in addition to the importance of building fruitful connections, Angel Gregorio is amplifying the imperative need for affordable commercial space for Black business owners, especially Black women.

Jan 17, 2023

As One Of A Few Black Women In The Spirits Industry, Mary J. Blige Takes On New Role To Diversify It

Mary J. Blige is becoming a wine connoisseur and diversifying the industry in the process. AfroTech previously reported that the R&B singer-turned-actress and businesswoman debuted a new wine called Sun Goddess Wines last year. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @sungoddesswines Now, according to Rolling Stone, Sun Goddess, an Italian wine with two varietals (so far), is part of Blige’s efforts to help diversify the notoriously monolithic wine and spirits industry. But more than just launching her own vanity brand, the music legend has joined forces with Reserve Bar to launch their newly-formed Spirited Change Initiative as an investor. Other investors in the initiative include Sean “Diddy” Combs and Thirty Five Ventures, the investment firm founded by Brooklyn Nets star and newly-minted Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant and his longtime manager, Rich Kleiman. Mary J. Blige is not only one of the few Black people in the wine and spirits industry, but she’s one of the few...