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Carnegie Hall Presents
Power Network
A Black History Month Conversation and Celebration
Thursday, February 27, 2025
8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Rakim, DJ Spinderella, Troy Millings and Rashad Bilal by Tyrell Davis, Anish Melwani by Erika Ramirez, Robert F. Smith by Amber Snow, Ed Lover, Igmar Thomas
Experience the third edition of Power Network—a groundbreaking Black History Month conversation, celebration, and concert at Carnegie Hall that combines world-class entertainment with invaluable financial insight from business and economic innovators. Host Ed Lover leads a wide-ranging panel of industry leaders, including Chairman and CEO of LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) North America Anish Melwani, alongside Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings—the financial empowerment visionaries of Earn Your Leisure—in eye-opening and candid conversations. Plus, enjoy musical performances by hip-hop legend MC Rakim (one of Billboard’s “10 Greatest Rappers of All Time”) with Igmar Thomas’ 32-piece Revive Big Band orchestra, DJ Spinderella (Salt-N-Pepa), and more!
Performers
MC Rakim
DJ Spinderella
Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band
Ed Lover, Host
with Panelists
Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings of Earn Your Leisure
Robert F. Smith
Anish Melwani
Alicia Lyttle
Desmond Brown
Additional panelists and artists to be announced
Event Duration
The event will last approximately three hours with no intermission.
Power Network is a project of the Carnegie Hall Cultural Council.
Title Sponsor: AT&T
Platinum Sponsors:
Fidelity
Fidelity
Vibranium
Gold Sponsors: Greenwood