2019 Conversationalist BILL STEPHNEY entertains with experiences as varied as President of Def Jam Records, producing critically acclaimed group Public Enemy to executive producing film music including the song and video "Fight The Power" for Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing," to executive producing ESPN's "Changing the Game," to Advisor and Consultant for MoCaFi. You and up to five friends will join Bill for another Great Conversation on Zoom.

The date and hour of your call must be mutually agreed upon and will expire by September 30, 2021.

Bio-

Bill Stephney. Co-Creator and producer for rap group Public Enemy, Rock &Roll Hall of Fame inductees; Def Jam Records -former President; Broad Market Media Principal; NJPAC Producer & Curator The man who brought the radio and Public Enemy to Def Jam and worked with Spike Lee and Chris Rock to put music in their movies, Stephney was prominent in 1980s and early '90s hip-hop.

Originally a multi-instrumentalist musician, he switched to dj-ing in the late '70s. His pioneering hip-hop column and connection to fellow college student Chuck D led to a job at Def Jam Records. There, he signed Chuck D to head the first political rap group, Public Enemy, whose first album he produced (and on which he also played guitar and bass).

Now the principal executive for Broad Market Media, a production/strategic consulting firm, Stephney is also creator and executive producer of the ESPN New York sports business networking event, Changing The Game. Previously chief executive for Def Jam Recordings, SOUL Records and Stepsun Music, he has produced artists from Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame inductees Public Enemy to singer-actress Vanessa Williams and supervised music production for such films as Boomerang, Be Be's Kids, and Shaft.

Currently a producer/curator for NJPAC, Stephney is also a federally-appointed chairman and member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights -New Jersey Special Advisory Committee (2008 -present) and a husband, dad and lacrosse/Little League/basketball coach in Morris County.

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