The Content Creators of Color crew got together to discuss their experience at the 5th Annual Afros and Audio Podcast Festival 2023. Lisa Woolfork, Krate Digga, Dominic Lawson, Mr. Al Pete, and Shawn Smith share their thoughts from the workshops to the after party. Follow the gang below to enjoy their individual work: Lisa Woolfork -  @blackwomenstitch3484  on here and @blackwomenstitch on Instagram Krate Digga -  @DJKrateDigga  on here and @kratedigga on Instagram Dominic Lawson - @therealdominiclawson on Instagram Shawn Smith - @dibk20 on Instagram Mr. Al Pete - @mralpete ..read more

We had the honor of hosting a podcast stage at the Summertime In The City event, held on July 29th, 2023 at the James Weldon Johnson Park in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. This show is a mash up of some of the podcast shows as well as some interviews with some of the performing artists. Thanks to Mas Appeal, Duval Spit, Tough Junkie, and others that help to make this stage a great one! Please follow the shows and artists that are mentioned below to follow their work. More podcast stages and live shows to come! FredoThaGawd Wax Bobbo’s Block The White Show You’re Safe Here View fullsize View ..read more

We’re still processing ALL of the panels, connections, and information received at the first annual Think Bold Conference (held on April 14th and 15th, 2023), but we have some interviews that took place during the event. We had the pleasure of interviewing the Earn Your Leisure duo, real estate Queens Tennille Moore of Selling Tampa Netflix and Tinesha Tutt of Occupy Real Estate Group, music mogul Steve Lobel, and beauty pro/entrepreneur Pekela Riley of Salon PK (and more). Everyone mentioned were key panelists of the event and they delivered with their presence and knowledge. We hope you enjo ..read more

Time flies when you’re working to further the betterment of the culture you serve. On January 15th, 2020, The MPN Network website was birthed. Three years have passed and it’s continued to provide the dopest music shows, podcasts, and content from the city and worldwide! Thanks to Crowned ReRe of Crownones.com, Corey Gumbs of The Black Podcasters Associations community, Gudell Singletary, and Coach Kim of The C.A.D. Podcast for sending in their blessings. Enjoy the podcast episode and be on the lookout of things to come. We TRULY APPRECIATE everyone who has shared, stopped by, and appreciates ..read more

The Smell Good Family Podcast is in session, Neighbors! The weather has been pleasantly brisk, the cologne specials are fairly priced, and it’s time to continue the scent growth in your collection! The SGF King Dedrick Hicks, Jr. has a great show lined up. The bossman Cedric is in the building as well. They speak on their latest pick up and the top winter scents, Paris Corner (we stress this), and they give scenarios of what and when to wear certain fragrances. Enjoy the game and the gems dropped. Get them notes in your life! It’s The Smell Good Family Podcast! An exclusive podcast from The MP ..read more

We’re closing out 2022 with the second annual top music projects! Mr. Al Pete and LRK Chronicles share their combined list of artists that have made some great musical noise in and out of Jacksonville, Florida. Enjoy the episode above and on your favorite streaming platforms. We want to also send THANKS to everyone that has supported and showed love to The MPN Network, as well as LRK Productions. Make sure you’re locked in for the new-new happening! To read and get visuals of this, click HERE and enjoy! To see last year’s list, click HERE ..read more

Smell Good Family! Dee is back with episode 7….joined with Cedric Farr. For starters, we want to congratulate Dee on hitting 1,000 subscribers!!! *crowd goes WILD*!! Also, they talk about their scent of the day, their day and weekly rotation, their fragrance reps (fancy), and much more. Hit play, share with your other Smell Good participants, and enjoy! An exclusive podcast from The MPN Network and The Smell Good Family ..read more

Photo credit: April Visuals The city of Jacksonville, Florida safely came out of their houses to see Boyz II Men in concert! On Thursday, April 14th, 2022, the green spot, known for where The Jacksonville Landing once stood, was FULL of people to experience a free concert. The openers were The MPN Network’s own Mr. Al Pete and mega band The Katz Downstairz. iHeart Media personalities Shaunee Jones and Eazy E were the hosts. Photo credit: April Visuals Pete took to the stage at 5:30pm with a Hip Hop performance, performing notable songs from his discography: “The Truth”, “The Golden Life”, a ..read more

On April 6th 2022, The Culture Tour was held in Jacksonville Florida. The mega band New Edition headlined the show and had special guests Charlie Wilson and the group Jodeci. The VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena was filled with fans that grew up listening to these incredible acts.  Jodeci, all members present, kicked off the show performing their hits “Forever My Lady”, “Feenin”, and more. The energy and their continuous flow of performing their throwbacks back to back was a great tone setter. They ended their set with “Cry For You”...and might I add that the live band that backed them up g ..read more

On this episode, Dee is joined by another one of his sisters, Josclynn Hicks! Listen as Dee and Josclynn converse about her fragrance journey…and fellas…wait until you hear Josclynn’s ratings on some of today's most popular mens fragrances. Enjoy ..read more