This July, on Race Talks® with Host Kimberly Erwin, the volume is to be turned way up!  Music takes the lead, whether at home, in class, or at work—everywhere you are is where lyrics can uplift and generate wealth.

Kimberly Erwin—author, entrepreneur, and (dYk?) proud former 1st chair flutist!—breaks down what Soul Music meant growing up with a Motown-loving mama, while celebrating French-American Heritage Month and the Afro-Caribbean roots woven through America’s soundtrack. 

Meet this month’s guest TALKers. Mr. Wilson reminds us that music is medicine—spinning stories soaked in soul. Streets shows us that lyrics can teach, heal, and hustle—turning bars into bank. Together with the host, they bring the rhythm, the roots, and the (paid) receipts.

Guest TALKers

Samuel Wilson, Jr., born in Harlem and raised in the Bronx, is a lifelong lover of Black music and the host of The Black Soul Music Experience Podcast. A former CBS employee turned WVOX radio DJ, Sam brings decades of firsthand experience with the records, voices, and community stories that shaped soul and R&B. He’s worked at WFUV and WHCR, and now shares classic tracks and cultural commentary across major streaming platforms.

Connect with Samuel

Facebook: facebook.com/SamuelWilsonjr

Jordan “Streets” Lovell, a proud Uptown native and mother, uses her lived experience to reframe money as power, healing, and legacy. Miss Lovell is also a behavioral finance analyst and author of Streets Teaches Money and Scared Money Don’t Make Money. She shows us how to unlock wealth-building lessons embedded in our favorite hip-hop tracks as shared in her two must-read financial literacy books.

Connect with Jordan

Instagram: @Streets_Teaches_Money

TikTok: @streetsteachesmoney

YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@streets_teaches_money

Expect immersive conversation, timeless tracks, and a playlist designed to stir memory, motivation, and momentum. Nas makes it to the party: Does your favorite artist? 

For this episode of Race Talks®, Garrett "DJ Rock Solid" Roche, host of The Roche Solid Truth podcast, keeps pace with the conversation—dropping timeless soul and hip-hop tracks that you do no want to miss hearing again...and again.  

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