Raqiyah Mays (born November 11, 1975, in Newark, New Jersey) is an author, screenwriter, executive producer, podcaster, journalist, and former radio personality, Born in Newark, NJ, Raqiyah was featured in The Limited clothing store's 2015 nationwide "New Look of Leadership" campaign, honored as a female leader for her empowerment hard work. Author A writer at heart, Raqiyah's debut novel, The Man Curse, was released by Simon & Schuster on November 16, 2015. The Man Curse chronicles the world of Meena, a young woman who spends her life trying to break The Man Curse and become the first woman in her family to marry. No stranger to the book world, Raqiyah contributed a chapter to Gil Robertson's anthology Where Did Our Love Go: Love & Relationships in the African American Community (Bolden/Agate). She was a featured profile in Thembisa Mshaka's book of entertainment industry professionals, Put Your Dreams First: Handle your entertainment business (Hachette), and Raqiyah was reporter at large for Cheo Hodari Coker's VIBE book Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of The Notorious B.I.G (Three Rivers Press), which was turned into the critically acclaimed feature film, Notorious. Journalist Raqiyah's work in journalism goes back to the Quincy Jones owned days of Vibe Magazine. As an intern in the mid-90s, she became Executive Assistant to then editor-in-chief, Danyel Smith. And later, editorial coordinator assisting the managing editor. Moving on to pursue an early career as a freelance hip hop journalist, Raqiyah's bylines graced cover stories for publications like XXL, The Source, and Billboard. Expanding her beat to report on everything from women and R&B to politics and radio, she scored covers for XXL, The Source, Black Elegance magazine, profiles, and features for The Associated Press, VIBE, Essence, Ebony, Billboard, and Complex. She later became a founder and executive editor of The Ave Magazine, dedicated to coverage combining social issues with the intellect and outlook of the hip hop world. Radio personality Raqiyah's radio experience goes back 20 years to her days at Hampton University on WHOV FM hosting the late-night hip hop show The Underground Review. Her move to New York to pursue a journalism career with Vibe Magazine, led to the weekly show High Vision on City College's WHCR-FM, where Raqiyah brought her passion for combining social issues with hip hop music to the airwaves over five years. She left WHCR for Sirius Satellite Radio, where as a feature