Greenwood founders — Michael Render (Killer Mike), Andrew Young, and Ryan Glover
This past Tuesday, the Black-led banking platform Greenwood announced the General Access platform – expanding Greenwood’s spending, saving, and financial services to all. Founded in 2020 by rapper Killer Mike, former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young, and media executive Ryan Glover, Greenwood got its name from the Black Tulsa neighborhood that white racists destroyed in the 1920s. According to the press release, Tuesday’s launch sets up Greenwood to become of the nation’s largest Black-owned fintech companies for Black and Latino communities.
“In keeping with our original mission to close the racial wealth gap and address the exclusion Black and brown Americans have faced accessing tools for wealth creation, we’ve worked incredibly hard over the last few years to build a platform ready to take on the challenges that face our communities,” said Ryan Glover, CEO and co-founder of Greenwood Bank. “With the official launch of our General Access platform, we are able to provide even more community members with the tools and resources they need to meet the current moment.”
Today, the Greenwood platform boasts a variety of best-in-class features that remove traditional barriers to wealth creation – including overdraft penalties, in-network ATM fees, minimum balance fees, and peer-to-peer transfer fees. Banking members are able to utilize Greenwood’s new features like two-day early deposits, instant card deposit options, next-generation security features, and mobile check depositing features on an industry-leading mobile app with a 4.8 out of 5 star Apple App Store rating.
The General Access platform comes on the heels of Greenwood’s second investment fundraise in November 2022, led by Pendulum, a strategic growth investing and advisory platform designed for founders and leaders of color, founded and led by Robbie and D’Rita Robinson. In the last year, Greenwood has also successfully launched Elevate, a premium unique wrap-around banking and lifestyle product exclusively for Greenwood members, and acquired The Gathering Spot, A3C and Valence to provide its members with unparalleled access to professional networking opportunities, exclusive experiences, and more.
Elizabeth Eden Harris, known professionally as Cupcakke, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. She is known for her hypersexualised, brazen, and often comical persona
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Elizabeth Eden Harris, known professionally as Cupcakke, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. She is known for her hypersexualised, brazen, and often comical persona and music although she has also made songs with themes supporting LGBTQ rights, female empowerment, and autism awareness.
Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with the June 16 release of The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary
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Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with the June 16 release of The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Meshell returns with an album of new original material that taps into a broad spectrum of her musical roots. The Omnichord Real Book was produced by Josh Johnson and features a wide range of guest artists including Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joel Ross, Jeff Parker, Brandee Younger, Julius Rodriguez, Mark Guiliana, Cory Henry, Joan As Police Woman, Thandiswa, and others.
The Omnichord Real Book is introduced today by the expansive lead single “Virgo,” the mind-altering 8-minute centerpiece of the album which features Meshell on vocals, key bass, and keyboards, Younger on harp, Rodriguez on Farfisa organ, Chris Bruce on guitar, Jebin Bruni on keyboards, drums by Abe Rounds, Deantoni Parks, and Andrya Ambro, and additional vocals by Kenita Miller and Marsha DeBoe. The Omnichord Real Book is available for pre-order now on Blue Note Store exclusive color vinyl, black vinyl, CD, and digital.
“It’s a little bit of all of me, my travels, my life,” says Meshell. “My first record I made at 22, and it’s over 30 years from then, so I have a lot of stored information to share.” Reflecting on the impact that the forced stillness of the pandemic lockdown had on her, she says “I must admit it was a beautiful time for me. I got to really sit and reacquaint myself with music. Music is a gift.”
“This album is about the way we see old things in new ways,” Meshell explains. “Everything moved so quickly when my parents died. Changed my view of everything and myself in the blink of an eye. As I sifted through the remains of their life together, I found my first Real Book, the one my father gave me. I took their records, the ones I grew up hearing, learning, remembering. My mother gifted me with her ache, I carry the melancholy that defined her experience and, in turn, my experience of this thing called life calls me to disappear into my imagination and to hear the music.”
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