WGN COLLABORATORS
The Team
HIPHOP G
Official brand partner to Hot97 FM
HipHop G (Gerald Williams) is where hip hop, game culture and brands intersect. Gerald is a gaming media personality, host and journalist and official partner to Hot97, Logitech and Vaynermedia;
co-producing gaming content with WGN and its African esports partners including Africa Esports Championship organization.
KIUMBE
KIUMBE is a design company based in Kenya, co-founded by three women with a shared passion for blending cultures and creative mediums. KIUMBE creates across a diverse spectrum - from clothing & jewelry, to concert stages & large scale installations. WGN has partnered with KIUMBE to create original content and immersive
lifestyle experiences.
KELVIN 'NU FVNK' HANSEN
Kelvin Hansen (Artist name ‘Nu Fvnk’) is a music producer, director and audio engineer from Nairobi, Kenya. In tackling the necessary challenges to get his music out into the world, Hansen's multi-faceted curiosities for the arts led him to learn other creative languages to imagine and execute his ideas from inception to completion - i.e. songs, installations, video productions and more.
MARUSHKA
Marushka is a Polynesian Croatian musician, mixed-media artist and creative director. She has worked with Grammy Award winning musical pioneers across several continents, produced festival series, fashion shows, featured as a guest speaker at Yale University for a Hip Hop collective she co-founded called Cosmic Homies, written for the Huffington Post, curated youth programs for Creative Visions Foundation, etc. Marushka has developed original content with WGN for over a decade.
MAMA ROCKS
Nigerian/Kenyan dynamic sister duo ‘Natalie & Samantha’, gave up corporate hustles in London to move to Kenya and open the ’MamaRocks’ burger food truck in Nairobi. The Mama Rocks docuseries, co-produced by WGN, captures the duo as they open their first restaurant and face all the learning curves that go into running a business in Africa.
STACI SHERRI
Staci Sherri is a fashion designer and creative director with a decade of New York's fashion industry under her belt, from humble beginnings at both Beyonce & Jay Z's brands, while building her own. Spearheading high fashion and athleisure, Staci Sherri is expanding into hand crafted skincare and beauty products created in collaboration with local women's communities in Ghana.
KWAKU BROWN
Kwaku Brown Bosomprah-Bonsu, is a technology consultant, community leader, and mentor with 10 years of experience in bringing people together to address important future facing challenges. Born in Ghana, Kwaku has always strived to be a resource to his community here in the United States and at home, striving to eliminate the barriers that affect the education of the underserved children and living out his personal values of authenticity, community and contribution with a genuine commitment to his foundation, Mi Daakye,