We were lucky to catch up with Diamone Ricketts recently and have shared our conversation below.
Diamone, appreciate you joining us today. When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?
When I had my brain injury back in 1990’s , I was only 12 or 16 months old. I don’t recall what happened or how it happened but I was told that I was backed up on by a driver. I grew up in an environment where I felt like I was always trying to fit in. after my accident my fist attachment was animals because a therapeutic dog woke me up. From then on , it was often hard for me in knowing what I had, and why was my thinking different. When I started advancing in my education, everything was about creating a better place for animals or what I like doing creatively. I wanted to know how to do it .I did band in middle school then switched to piano. I kept switching majors had a state support systems everywhere because I just wanted to find a turn around in getting a degree in something I like doing. I created my own brand as part of a business project upon graduating from college. veterinarian school was too hard and so was music. I did like music but reading notes was a weakness after that I started to develop a talent called playing by sound and making my own music based on how I feel , do music engineering, and it just escalated from there. I started working right after college in retail and would often use my creativity voluntarily to help customers and advertise. However after facing so many discrimination episodes, the crying on the job, the restless nights knowing that I felt like i was going to jail.,I then decided to make a promise to myself to use my disability as its own utility. This would be my own version of all of my talents mixed together. I would use my education, watch YouTube videos, google programs, started self teaching and using social media as a way to access and publicize my the gifts that I had. I knew wat that point that I had to accept my creativity and use it as a benefit for income no matter what. I’m doing the best that I can still till this day becuase i made a commitment to be a famous. I feel like I don’t belong in the normal life.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers
greetings I am a local artist who goes by the name DiamoneAnae and i am a creative individualist of many talents , and I am also a brand owner of Dynasty Tunes Global . The type of industry that I am in is mainly entertainment and mass media because they variate on who I am a s a creator. I like being an ideal thinker and go beyond . I will get persistent and try to think outside the box when I’m looking at a problem. So for example, If o cant get a masters in music, I can become my own masers in music. People see or say a lot of different things about me as a brain injury survivor doing big things. I am just a person who doesn’t like sitting with a disability. I am a vivid dreamer that always gets dreams about where is should be as a famous musician with my crativityThe way I work is I do bold moves non-stop. Like big moves or AKA Crazy moves. I written and shipped 67 copies of my first children’s book that I wrote to Hollywood in California for a NAACP Award. I like being a miracle star and exploring resources that will get me closer to fame. I do self -comedy ,write poetry, wrote my very first script, trying to involve gaming and my YouTube :DiamoneAnae anae, and just getting into trends to make money through my creativity. I very proud of the fact that I am still going and trying to reach my future. Its not easy job with my brain injury by myself, along with financial struggles . I still advocate and peruse toward becoming famous because its something I want to do, and I am not stopping until my miracle becomes well-known.
What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?
The one lesson that I had to learn from my backstory is. “People can talk ,grin in your face but this is my brain injury. and this is my story. I am no ones puppet , I am a human with dreams. Either you in or are you out” I don’t plan to die and not accomplish the platform of my disability. I want to be the miracle whos was known for something. A lot of times people who help you just want to use you for control, or toward their advantage. In this life , I have to be my own boss as a sacrifice. I was pronounced deed at the hospital when my accident happened. For people in general , If they wont accept my disability, then they don’t accept what god did to make me a miracle to be alive. Thus far I’ve worked and done a lot of things that were not accepted based on the talents I had with creativity in so many ways. So instead when I cant share my work in a workplace ,I believe that God is making me a well -known miracle outside of that, and getting me to understand to accept myself as a survivor.
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
There’s only one goal that I have in mind while I’m going on this journey. Use every creative talent that I’ve developed along with my disability and make it to the top. Anyone who doubted , criticized, showed no compassion, no care, and left me out are not welcome.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.dynastytunesglobal.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond_anae/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diamone.ricketts/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diamonericketts/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheeDiamoneanae
- Other: Facebook Dynasty Tunes Global- https://www.facebook.com/DiamoneAnae/?viewas=100000686899395&show_switched_toast=0&show_invite_to_follow=0&show_switched_tooltip=0&show_podcast_settings=0&show_community_review_changes=0&show_community_rollback=0&show_follower_visibility_disclosure=0 Music : https://www.reverbnation.com/diamondanae?profile_view_source=header_icon_nav https://www.iheart.com/artist/diamoneanae-35554558/songs/ https://soundcloud.com/diamone-ricketts-844398275 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamondanae
Image Credits
Image credits to myself DiamoneAnae