Haitian Beatz

In this series, Haitianbeatz, will be presenting some of the most influential women in the industry, from bands' managers, to marketing companies, from writers to event planners, academy, sports,

music,  and many many more.  It is very fitting to start with one of the most active, influential and positive figure in the Haitian Entertainment scene, Nadege Fleurimond.

HB- I know that you wear many hats, so I don’t even know where to start but to ask: Who is Nadege Fleurimond?

Wow Moses…that’s the question I hate being asked the most because I never really know what to say. In the philosophical term, Nadege is a work in a progress. She’s a learner, a friend, a daughter and so many other things.

In the technical sense of your question, in terms of what I do for a living, primarily I am what the modern era would define as a woman of many slashes. I am a caterer/event planner/event producer/event promoter/writer/artist booker/project manager and god knows what else. LOL.

But if a gun was placed in my head and was asked to define it with one word, I’d say I’m an entrepreneur. That is perhaps the term that best describes my passion and my need to create, formulate and DO.

HB- you seem to be into Haitian culture a lot, but I know you probably spent most of your teenage years here in the US, how did you get involve into Haitian stuff?

NF-I grew up Haitian, but my Haitian-ness didn’t really come out until I was in college. One of two things tend to happen when a black student attends a pre-dominantly white schools(I attended Columbia University), you tend to either try to be white, or become excessively what you feel define you or makes you different. In college, I truly discovered I was Haitian because that was not the norm. So my Haitian-ness in terms of the foods I liked, my values, my reasoning process and music all magnified. And when I got to see those elements that were so commonplace in my original world, in an environment where they stood out. I appreciated them that much more and wanted everyone to know. I wanted to spread the gospel so to speak!