Maiysha sis down with music executive Danyel Smith about her music memoir Shine Bright which is a personal memoir of Danyel Smith as well as a history lesson about Black women in Pop. The two discuss Danyel's turbulent and at times abusive upbringing, the Black women in music such as Whitney Houston, Lizzo, Beyonce, Ella Fitzgerald and more who deserve flowers and how women in the music industry still have to navigate a male dominated industry. The two talk about her numerous positions in the entertainment industry from working at Vibe to Billboard to ESPN 

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