N'Courage & N'Spire Podcast EP 70 - Disability, Creativity & Understanding Why Inclusion Matters Feat. George Doman

Episode Info: In this episode Durell is joined by hip-hop artist, disability advocate, and digital marketing specialist George Doman. Durell and George begin the episode talking about his early years and his early memories of music. He shares that he feels like the hip-hop culture relates and shows similarity with what it’s like to have a disability and that’s why he felt such a connection to the culture early on in life. Durell and George talk about what led him to wanting to become a disability advocate. He shares his specific experiences working in a recording studio and being discriminated against and how that really made him want to talk about what it’s like having a disability and paving the way for the future of those living with disabilities. George and Durell talk about his experience meeting Chris Lighty. He shares that he always looked up to the business people behind the scenes which is what led him to want to pivot and shift his focus to working toward getting a job on the business side working for a label. He shares that he’s looked at the data and he discovered that there aren’t many opportunities and positions for people with disabilities at major record labels. Durell shares that’s what prompted and motivated him to write his e-book to share his story about his journey and give people in a similar situation hope and inspiration to chase their dreams. Durell and George end the episode talking about the work he did for the Netflix documentary entitled “Rising Phoenix” and his song being a part of the soundtrack which led to him winning a Sports Emmy in 2020. Durell and George talk about why it’s important to share their stories with as many media outlets as possible because when they get discovered by someone new their old accomplishments are new to those just discovering them. For more information on George Doman, please visit his social media profiles and website below: Website: http://georgetragic.com/ Facebook: @George Doman Instagram: @georgetragic