Is Karen Civil Bad for Black Business: The Business Mistakes Many Entrepreneurs Make

October 26, 2021 Pharaoh

According to Hot New Hip Hop

Joyner Lucas exploded on Karen Civil this weekend, accusing the social media and digital marketing strategist of taking advantage of him and scamming him out of $60,000, which he allegedly paid her to facilitate blog placements, opening performances, radio interviews, and more. Joyner accused Karen of using the money for other means, including setting up mixed shows and more things that he didn’t need at the time. In addition to it all, Joyner says that he was expecting a baby at the time, and his $60,000 expense was a “last-ditch effort” to make it in the music industry.

The Massachusetts-bred rapper explained his side for about eight minutes during a loaded Clubhouse conversation before Karen Civil jumped in and explained that she was in contact with Joyner’s manager, whom he still works with, countless times to explain what was happening with the money. Despite agreeing to speak in neutral tones with Karen, Joyner ended up getting heated at times, which makes sense given how desperate of a situation he was in when he initially approached her, but the conversation escalated and turned into a yelling match.

If you ended up missing the ruckus over the weekend, the full Clubhouse conversation has been uploaded to YouTube, and you can play it back to hear how things went. If you’re looking to get caught up on why Karen Civil has been trending for days, this is a good start.

#KarenCivil has been the topic of conversation on the internet for the past few days, and some are wondering if Karen is just an innocent woman who made a mistake or if there is something more sinister going on.

More about Karen Civil:

Karen Civil (born November 8, 1984) is an American social media and digital media marketing strategist.[4] She gained attention for creating and running Weezythanxyou.com, a website where the rapper Lil Wayne published letters to his fans while he was incarcerated at Rikers Island.

Civil began her media career in college, developing fan sites for actor J. D. Williams and The Backstreet Boys;[12] the Backstreet Boys site came in third in a national competition[13] and the Williams site put Civil in touch with the actor after Williams’ lawyer sought her out.[14] After graduating from high school, Civil entered community college but left to take an internship at radio station Hot 97 with DJ Funkmaster Flex in 2002,[15] where she worked as a staff assistant;[13] she also began working with The Diplomats to develop e-commerce for the group.[14] Civil later moved to Asylum Records,[12] then in 2008 founded her own website karencivil.com[15] and a marketing agency, Always Civil Enterprise, focused on digital strategy in the hip-hop industry.[16][17][3]

In 2010 worked with rapper Lil Wayne to develop Weezythanxyou.com,[5][14][6][7] so that the rapper could publish letters to his fans while he was incarcerated at Rikers Island.[8][9] From 2011 to 2015, she worked with Beats by Dre as digital marketing manager.[18][19][20]

Civil has become a public speaker, hosting events at universities, media outlets like BET,[21][22] and women empowerment conferences and panels.

In November 2015, Civil self-published a self-help book,[23] Be You & Live Civil: Tools for Unlocking Your Potential & Living Your Purpose.[24] Organized into four chapters called “Understanding Motivation,” “Self Motivation,” “Positive Attitude” and “Living Civil”, Civil describes her approach to her career path.[25]

In 2016, Civil became involved in music producing, co-producing a Wale song featuring Lil Wayne.[26]

Civil served as an associate producer of the 2016 documentary film The Last Ride: A Philadelphia Story[27] about Kyrell “Rell” Tyrel and bike culture.[28]

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