A ROLE. GINA: NEW ORLEANS NATIVE AND HIP HOP MOGUL MASTER P IS LOOKING TO OPEN A GROCERY STORE IN THE CITY. HE SAID AFTER THE FALLOUT WITH ROUSES THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO OWN AND OPERATE GROCERY STORES. BY DOING THIS, MASTER P SAID MORE FAMILIES WOULD GET FED AND THERE WOULD BE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, TOO. HE ALSO SAID IT WOULD ADD SOME BALANCE AND DIVERSITY TO NEW ORLEANS. >> I’M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO BUY IT FROM THESE PLACES, IT SHOULD BE A NATIONAL BUSINESS WHERE WHITES, ASIANS, LATINOS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS CAN COME, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE IN BALANCE WITH SOME DIVERSITY, TO WHERE YOU SEE PEOPLE LIKE US BEHIND THE SCENES. THAT IS MY DREAM AND GOAL. GINA: MASTER P IS LOOKING FOR LAND IN NEW ORLEANS AND WANTS TO HEAR FROM BLACK-OWNED FARMERS AND OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS. HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE WDSU.COM,IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN CONNECTING WITH HIS TEAM. SULA: NEW ORLEA
‘I’m open to buy,’ Master P pushes to open grocery store in New Orleans, add diversity to the industry
‘It’s long-overdue,’ Master P pushes to open grocery store in New Orleans
New Orleans native and hip-hop mogul Percy Miller is making a push to open a grocery store in his hometown.He said after the fallout with Rouses’ retired owner, Donald Rouse, it’s the perfect opportunity for the Black community to start something they own. “I think it’s about economic empowerment. It’s what we learned from this whole thing is why are we not owning these grocery stores in our community, people that look like us? How come we don’t own any stores? And I think this is an opportunity to put some diversity in the grocery store. I just think that it’s time for us to change that narrative to add some balance and some diversity in this game. That way, we could feed more families in our communities, we could give more jobs and opportunities. And I think that we can all bridge that gap,” Miller said.Miller said he is interested in buying grocery stores from owners who may want to sell. If not, then he said he will look at buildings. “If we own something, and we’re making money off of something, then we can give back to our communities. It starts right now with what we’re doing right now; having a conversation and having a plan of action and my plan of action is you know what, let me go out, I’m gonna put my money up and find these buildings, find these locations, and then we can empower our people,” he said.Miller said he feels like this is a movement. He said it’s time to look to the future and create change. “I’m looking for locations myself as I speak, right now in New Orleans, to be able to put our own brands up, and when you go in these stores, it’s people that look like us that own it. And I’m not saying that we don’t need to buy from these places. I’m saying this should be a national business where Whites, Asians, Latinos, African Americans could come to the store, but we need to be able to change that imbalance with some diversity to where you see some people like us behind the scenes that own these properties, and that’s my dream goal,” Miller said.Miller is looking for properties, buildings, as well as Black-owned farmers and business owners in New Orleans.Anyone interested in connecting with Miller’s team can visit his social media pages.
New Orleans native and hip-hop mogul Percy Miller [Master P] is making a push to open a grocery store in his hometown.
He said after the fallout with Rouses’ retired owner, Donald Rouse, it’s the perfect opportunity for the Black community to start something they own.
“I think it’s about economic empowerment. It’s what we learned from this whole thing is why are we not owning these grocery stores in our community, people that look like us? How come we don’t own any stores? And I think this is an opportunity to put some diversity in the grocery store. I just think that it’s time for us to change that narrative to add some balance and some diversity in this game. That way, we could feed more families in our communities, we could give more jobs and opportunities. And I think that we can all bridge that gap,” Miller said.
Miller said he is interested in buying grocery stores from owners who may want to sell. If not, then he said he will look at buildings.
“If we own something, and we’re making money off of something, then we can give back to our communities. It starts right now with what we’re doing right now; having a conversation and having a plan of action and my plan of action is you know what, let me go out, I’m gonna put my money up and find these buildings, find these locations, and then we can empower our people,” he said.
Miller said he feels like this is a movement. He said it’s time to look to the future and create change.
“I’m looking for locations myself as I speak, right now in New Orleans, to be able to put our own brands up, and when you go in these stores, it’s people that look like us that own it. And I’m not saying that we don’t need to buy from these places. I’m saying this should be a national business where Whites, Asians, Latinos, African Americans could come to the store, but we need to be able to change that imbalance with some diversity to where you see some people like us behind the scenes that own these properties, and that’s my dream goal,” Miller said.
Miller is looking for properties, buildings, as well as Black-owned farmers and business owners in New Orleans.
Anyone interested in connecting with Miller’s team can visit his social media pages.
