Monday, December 12, 2016

Karen Civil Uses Her New Jersey Drive to Create Her Own Lane



As a media mentor to the stars and marketing maven to some of the country's top luxury brands, Karen Civil has gone from managing fan clubs of top musicians and DJ's, to 'curating cool' for the first woman presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.

Not an overnight success by any means, the Brooklyn-born, New Jersey-bred entrepreneur has been building her media brand for almost 10 years. Crediting her interest in computers and digital media stemming from bullies who made her feel like an outsider for being of Haitian descent, Karen engaged with fellow fans of some of the top music groups in the 1990s online and started managing fan pages. Karen's road to getting exposure in the music industry began as she came in 2nd place for a chance to be an intern with Angie Martinez who was at Hot 97 at the time.

Though she did not get the main prize, she began interning for Funkmaster Flex and the rest is history. Her own site featured artists like Nicki Minaj and Drake before they were household names. Not only does her site KarenCivil.com get exclusives with some of today's hottest artists, she also started LivingCivil.com and the Live Civil Foundation to empower and give back to the community. 

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Source: NBC News 

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