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Brad Franklin

Brad Franklin

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Journalist, Public Speaker, Branding and Marketing Specialist, Freelance

Jackson

Biography

Brad Franklin has had an extensive career spanning serveral mediums including music, TV, and radio. He has been described as a Hip Hop artist, entrepreneur, digital creator, motivational speaker, writer and activist. Formerly one-half of the critically acclaimed Mississippi hip-hop duo, Crooked Lettaz, with David Banner. He is the President of Ourglass Media Group, a full service branding, entertainment consulting, and artist management company. He is also the Founder/Executive Director of Jackson Indie Music Week, a 7-day music festival in Jackson, MS that has been dubbed the fastest-growing music festival in the southeast. He is also one of the founders of both the Jackson Black Business Expo and Juneteenth on Farish. Franklin hosts Third Coast Radio, a statewide indie music radio show on MPB, The #GoodThingsJXN Show, a community/current affairs show on WRBJ 97.7FM, and he co-hosts The According To Kaz & Queen Podcast with his wife, Queen. Currently, Franklin serves as the Branding and Marketing Director for the Public Health Informatics & Technology (PHIT) program at Jackson State University

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Military healthcare and military benefits.

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Content

Total articles 64

  • There’s Obvious Racism Within the Mississippi Legislature

    By Brad Franklin, Crooked Lettaz · Mississippi Free Press

    Mar. 01, 2023

  • JSU president testifies before Congress about February bomb threats

    By Brad Franklin · The Jackson Advocate

    Mar. 28, 2022

  • Latest version of income tax bill gets the governor’s support

    By Brad Franklin · The Jackson Advocate

    Mar. 28, 2022

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Company Info

Freelance

De Pere, Wisconsin, United States