We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Salice Like Alice a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Salice , thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

After 2020, there was a point where I didn’t know what I wanted to do in life. I was doing various of things at once: owned a lipgloss business called Esi Beauty. I also worked as a hostess in several restaurants, and became a bartender. And while I was in undergrad a few years back, I studied political science and anthropology. I love learning about different cultures, and the historical-political backgrounds behind it. However, looking for a career with that knowledge and figuring out if it was for me overall was a hardship. I felt like I was in a void. My parents would constantly ask me what are my plans? What is next? What do I want to do in life? For sometime I wasn’t sure and I’d often try to avoid that conversation with my parents. Not until I realized a commonality about myself. I’m very good at social media. I’ve been marketing successful events back to back. I’ve constantly met celebrities through social media or on an average day at work. Some of my music artist friends would ask of my opinion on certain songs they’ve made. That’s when I eventually realized, why don’t I make a living with what’s already happening in my life? Why don’t I make a living for something I am truly passionate for? Media.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

In late 2022, I begin to network with people I’ve been surrounded by and starting working into my passions. With my knowledge the hospitality industry and studying political science/ anthropology, building connections and diving into media specifically the Afrobeats scene was a bit of an ease because I am outspoken and hard working. And to be in this scene, you must work twice as hard. I’m just in the beginning of my career, but I have so many highlights. I was able to do artist interviews in Audiomack. I was also able to host and MC for Majorstage, shout out to GQ. He is a trailblazer in the Afrobeats music scene. I was featured in music videos and TV shows for artists such as Timi Dre and was an extra in the show “Sex in the City”. I also interviewed artists at the Ghana Entertainment Awards USA 2023 and was featured in Begrounded Podcast, run by talent manager/ book writer Bond Stanley Ebigbo. And I was also one of the media coordinators for the annual “DMV party in the park” run by Coaches. This is just the few of many things I’ve done, and I know with God, there is plenty more to come.

How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?

To simply show love. People don’t often realize how powerful love is. When you show love to artists/creatives, you’re supporting them in what they do. You’re playing their music. You’re showing friends and loved ones their work. You’re sharing their posts on social media. You’re attending their events/concerts. All of these things play a major role in an artist/creative success. If everyone as a collective can do this to one another, there will be a major impact, especially if a specific artist or creative comes from a similar or same community as you. Shout out to Dan Price the Artist, Kofi Yeboah (Kreative Sky), Jasmine.T, Saucelord, Realm, Jazzy Owusu, Empress Afi, CDB Nation, and Home of Afrobeats. They are the next big thing in music and creativity. I can’t wait to see what is in stored for them.

How did you build your audience on social media?

By simply being my authentic self. My following isn’t huge just yet, but my impact is heavy. There’s a lot of people who admire what I do because I am enjoying myself doing something that I love. My work motivates others to also be themselves and to follow their hearts as well. Shout out to all the young African girls and boys, continue to break cultural barriers and continue to stay true to yourselves.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Salice_like_alice__
• Youtube: SALICELIKEALICE

Image Credits

@Kreativesky
@Thacameraman_nyc