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• His first interactions with famous people, from Miles Davis to Shirley MacLaine, while living in London and working as a flight attendant on Pan Am Airways—as one the first Black males hired as a steward in the early seventies. 
• His early days as a publicist for Motown Records, when Berry Gordy’s label featured superstars like Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson, among others. 
• How he brokered the groundbreaking deal for Pryor’s landmark live concert film and dealt with the comedian’s uncensored self-destructive streak, culminating with the infamous freebasing cocaine “explosion,” which nearly cost Pryor his life. 

More About Ramon Hervey II Ramon Hervey II has earned global recognition for his work as an entertainment manager, brand consultant, and public relations specialist. Since founding and launching Hervey & Company as a multi-faceted boutique entertainment firm, he has represented a diverse and impressive roster of entertainers across a wide spectrum of contemporary music genres, including pop/rock, rhythm & blues, hip-hop, jazz, and gospel. He has also served as an executive producer for several films, television, and live events, including the Peabody Award-winning documentary Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed and the anniversary album NBA AT 50, and was a music supervisor for the NAACP Award-winning film, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.