The Lyrics Matter Foundation Announces its Inaugural Salon Series Event!

The series is a gathering of cultural creatives – established, indie & buzzing and emerging – to network, enjoy beverages, lite bites, a live music performance hosted and curated by founder Rah Digga.

The organization is an international consulting firm whose purpose is to conduct skills-based workshops for adolescents ages 16-24. The series reflects on that mission by featuring a fireside chat with the Grammy nominated multi-platinum selling artist and founder Rah Diggga - in an educational one-on-one dialogue with a music industry professional - about the business of music and entertainment.

The inaugural Salon Series event will take place on June 27, 2024 from 6pm-9pm at Clement’s Place, located at at 15 Washington Street, downtown Newark in partnership with Rutgers University - Newark’s Institute of Jazz Studies. The highlight conversation features Rah Digga In Conversation with Grammy Award nominated Multiplatinum Record Producer Just Blaze. Justin Smith (born in Paterson, New Jersey), better known as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop music producer. Just Blaze has produced tracks for The Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Usher, Kanye West, Busta Rhymes, The Game, DMX, T.I., Fat Joe, and Ghostface Killah, just to name a few.

The Lyrics Matter Foundation’s Salon Series was recently named an Official Selection of North To Shore Festival - the State of New Jersey’s yearly three city music and arts festival.