Peter Bailey, a graduate of Ivanna Eudora Kean High School in St. Thomas, will tape his very popular NiteCap conversations series with hip hop star Stalley inside the auditorium at the St. Croix Educational Complex on April 8, 2016.
Bailey has invited juniors and seniors from Complex and Central High schools to be a part of the audience, and participate in the introspective discussion about achieving and maintaining success. The taping is being done in partnership with the departments of Tourism and Education. Several local artists are also slated to perform. He held a similar event at Charlotte Amalie High School last December.
“We’re going to connect with the youth and help to inspire them to greatness,” says Stalley, who is signed to mega-star Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group. Stalley will also be shooting a video for his upcoming album while on St. Croix.
Bailey, a nationally-recognized Miami-based author and journalist, felt it was essential to have Stalley speak to the territory’s students. NiteCap has been credited by Rick Ross as "pushing the culture forward". The popular show with the who's who in entertainment is filmed at different locations throughout the United States. Actress Bresha Webb was the latest guest to be featured on the web-based show, which has included the likes of Mike Tyson, Fantasia, 50 Cent, Ice T, Janelle Monae, Chad Johnson and Mike Epps. The show is routinely featured on Vibe, BET, MTV and Huffington Post, to name a few. Before launching NiteCap, Bailey wrote for Time, Newsweek and Miami Herald. His book on the life of hip hop star Trick Daddy was praised as “one of the pop music gems of 2010” by the New York Times. Bailey hopes bringing the show to the Virgin Islands will provide inspiration for youth and serve as positive media exposure for the territory.
"I've always wanted to create a bridge for Virgin Islands’ youth to connect to their dreams and with those who can make those dreams a reality, as well as stir a cultural and economic renaissance of sorts in the territory,” says Bailey. “I’m happy that tourism and education officials embraced this vision.”
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Hip Hop Star to Inspire St. Croix's High School Students
