content producer she created content and wrote for Rock, pop, hip hop, reggae, and alternative channels along with producing a show hosted by DJ Grandmaster Flash. She also hosted shows on Top 40 Channel US 1, and R&B channel Hot Jamz. In a few short months, Raqiyah was hired as a weekend host on NY's Power 105. And after a year, she joined NY's Hot 97, where over five years she held a No. 1 weekly Sunday afternoon show before transitioning to become morning show entertainment reporter on 98.7 Kiss FM's the "Wake Up Club." Featuring radio veterans Jeff Foxx, Shaila, Bob Slade, and comedian Talent, The Wake Up Club drew top NYC ratings before being replaced by The DL Hughley Morning Show. Raqiyah moved on to also join Hughley, handpicked by DL to provide entertainment and colorful peanut crew commentary during her run on the now syndicated show. She left New York's No. 1 station, 107.5 WBLS in 2019. In the fall of 2019, her podcast Real Black News was named one of the top 50 podcasts in the US according to UVM. TV personality In 2009, named one of VH1's "Future Leaders of Black History," Raqiyah was featured in their Black History Month TV commercial campaign. A trained actress, she performed off-Broadway for five years, touring the country and appearing on stages nationwide as a cast member with the hit play Platanos & Collard Greens. Her numerous TV appearances have included correspondent work on Black Enterprise's TVOne /ABC news show Our World, being a regular guest co-host on Arise TV's film review show On Screen, and MTV, BET, VH1, the Fuse Network, and Fox News. Activist Raqiyah is a passionate activist for issues affecting women, children, and African Americans. As a child, Raqiyah was a girl scout who became president of Edison, NJ's NAACP Youth Council. In college, she helped create the Diversity Union on Penn State University's Altoona campus after acts of racism toward black classmates. Participating in student politics, she regularly represented the campus during Penn State's gathering of student government officers. After moving to New York, Raqiyah organized community and youth events in Brooklyn. While spending time in Los Angeles, she coordinated fundraising events for non-profits along with training canvassers and managing outreach campaigns in both LA and NY for organizations like The Southern Poverty Law Center, Planned Parenthood, and the ACLU. She uses her