Rhonda Nicole is a Los Angeles-based independent singer/songwriter, music journalist, and social and digital marketing executive whose life officially turned purple in 1984. As the managing editor for the now-defunct SoulTrain.com, she interviewed a number of Prince-related artists including Jill Jones, Taja Sevelle, fDeluxe, Liv Warfield, and Andy Allo. Blending her passion for music and expertise in digital marketing, Rhonda Nicole developed and led social media strategy for the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville. She’s a proud member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Recording Academy,where she serves on the Advocacy Committee; Songwriters of North America (SONA); and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Rhonda Nicole’s 2010 debut EP, ‘Nuda Veritas’, and self-produced releases ‘Radical Ecstasy’, ‘Home’, ‘LOVER’,  and her latest single,”Love Letters,” are available on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms.

KaNisa Williams is a lifelong computer enthusiast with a passion for humanizing technology. As an avid gamer and programmer from the age of 4 via her family’s Tandy 2000, she has grown up with a vested interest in technology, developing websites for local arts organizations from the age of 11, graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and turning her love affair with digital solutions into a career in Human-Computer Interaction and Organizational Ergonomics.

KaNisa is currently a Chief Engineer / Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. In this role she works as a consultant in agile and product management strategy transformations for large organizations, teaches classes in these topics, and coaches teams in optimizing their group dynamics!

Outside of work life, KaNisa is known as “Darling Nisi” and she lends her talents to help be a purple signal boost, especially in regard to self-reflection through the study and appreciation of Prince. She is the host of the Muse 2 the Pharaoh podcast, where she explores purple topics from a female perspective. KaNisa also maintains a purple presence on Tumblr and Twitter to help spread the message of compassion toward others, but more importantly toward self, through the lessons found in the music of Prince.