Celebs Head To Atlanta for A3C Conference and Festival 15 year Anniversary

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The conference portion of A3C kick-started on Thursday morning at the new hub, AmericasMart in downtown Atlanta. Over a thousand industry hopefuls, speakers, and more came out to attend various panels such as the ‘Blending the Entertainment and Entrepreneurship’ featuring guest speakers – NeNe Leakes, Rasheeda, Porsha Williams, Cynthia Bailey and Tanya Sam. Music Moguls – Cortez Bryant, Al Branch, Shawn Gee, Jean Nelson, Bryan Calhoun and Rodney Carmichael, spoke on the Building the Blueprint panel.

Thursday evening, Fader Fort wrapped up the Atlanta show with Lil Keed and Lil GotIt.

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On Friday, ladies of all positions gathered for the ‘Women in Charge’ panel by Toyota, featuring Jewel Burks Solomon, Ericka J. Coulter, Kahlana Barfield Brown and Vanessa Baden Kelly. Also, Kei Henderson, Omar Grant, Suzy Roo and Kevin Liles all sat down to discuss ‘Innovation in the Music Industry: A Look 5 Years Into the Future’.  Tip “T.I.” Harris, Charlamagne Tha God and Shaka Senghor scale together to discuss the criminal justice system. Lenny “Kodak Lens” Santiago sat down with Genius owner, Rob Markman, for a discussion about art, photography, music and culture. Amber Grimes moderated an intimate convo with CMO of WME, Bozoma Saint John to close out Friday’s keynote panels.

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On the closing day of the conference Dapper Dan, sat with 2 Chainz for a keynote discussion diving into the deep history of the intersection of Hip Hop and fashion. Saturday night, A3C guests flooded the concert venue for the A3C ‘AfroBeats’ stage, featuring Koffee, Mr. Eazi and Afro B. And of course, 2 Chainz  hosted the grand finale after party at Compound nightclub. See more from this year’s littuation by hitting the flip!