J MATTHEW COBB
Editor-at-Large

Gospel music critic and R&B/soul connoisseur J Matthew Cobb is the founder and editor-at-large of PRAYZEHYMNOnline.com. With over ten years in journalism, while serving as webmaster over PRAYZEHYMN Online.com and operating as an independent graphic designer, he has also enjoyed a great deal of time writing for blogs (PRAYZE Report) and has helped desigined a number of web sites.

He is a contributing writer for SoulTracks.com and UrbanHam Faith. His articles and writings have appeared across the Web on web sites like SoulMusic.com, Nuthinbutgospel.com and many others. Due to his extraordinary contributions in public relations and Internet advertising, he has worked for a number of artists and clients that are connected with media professionals including Light Records, EMI, Integrity Music/Sony, Think Tank Marketing, RKD Music Management, Pendulum Records, Pure Springs Gospel, Tehilliah Enterprises, LLC and Big Machine Media.

RODERICK A. MEADOWS
Contributing Writer

Roderick Meadows is a freelance writer and aspiring novelist. A 2000 graduate of North Carolina A&T State University , with a degree in Mass Communications, he has lived in the metro-Atlanta area for 9 years. He has served as a contributing writer/music critic for various music-related websites, as well as urban lifestyle periodicals. In his spare time, Roderick enjoys playing the piano, writing lyrics, A&T sports and alumni events, listening to neosoul and gospel music, church, movies, cooking, reading, African-American history, and attending plays and concerts. He is a past Waljo Gospel Music award winner for best Young Adult director, having directed several community and college choirs in North Carolina throughout the 1990s. He is currently in the first stages of his debut novel, tentatively titled “When The Music Stops”. He counts Tyler Perry , Bob Johnson , Berry Gordy Jr , and Michael Eric Dyson as major influences.

JUANITA VANN
Contributing Writer

Juanita Vann is President and CEO of Destiny Multimedia Group LLC. She has enjoyed a 20+ year career in the entertainment industry including radio, television and the music business. She founded Destiny Music Group with a single independent artist and has cultivated and developed her business to represent some of the best in Gospel, R&B and Urban music and new media. In 2000, Juanita saw a need for a new style of artist management within the entertainment industry. Drawing from her legal and music background and tired of seeing new artists being taken advantage of, she formed Destiny Entertainment and Destiny Multimedia. Juanita is an active member of The Recording Academy, better known as “The Grammys” organization (NARAS) and The Stellar Awards Gospel Music Academy (SAGMA). Juanita resides just outside of Atlanta with her family.

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