Presented by Tulsa Office Of Film, Music, Arts & Culture
Steph Simon
This performance is part of the showcase that starts on Tuesday, March 15at Augustine
ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE HIP-HOP SCENE AND THE CITY OF TULSA,
STEPH SIMON HAS BEEN TELLING THE STORY OF GREENWOOD IN HIS
MUSIC SINCE WELL BEFORE HIS 2019 ALBUM ‘BORN ON BLACK WALL
STREET’. STEPH IS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND LEAD ARTIST FOR
FIRE IN LITTLE AFRICA, A MULTIMEDIA HIP-HOP PROJECT INSPIRED BY
BLACK WALL STREET RELEASED IN SUMMER 2021 IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH MOTOWN/BLACK FORUM. IN 2019, STEPH PARTNERED WITH HIS
CHILDHOOD FRIEND, FORMER NFL RUNNING BACK FELIX JONES, TO
CREATE SKYLINE STAR RECORDS AND RECLAIMED THE FORMER
‘BRADY MANSION’ AS ‘SKYLINE MANSION’ IN THE PROCESS. IN 2016
STEPH CREATED THE LARGEST HIP-HOP FESTIVAL IN OKLAHOMA -
WORLD CULTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL. IN JUNE 2021 HE RELEASED HIS
NEW SOLO ALBUM ‘DIAMONDS FROM THE TISDALE’ AND APPEARS ON
‘SHINING’
,
‘ELEVATOR’
,
‘PARTY PLANE’ FT. CHARLIE WILSON AND
‘BEEN THROUGH IT ALL’ FROM THE FIRE IN LITTLE AFRICA ALBUM.
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