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‘UPDATE: After party now featuring 100.3 The Beats “DJ Cuddy’
Due to unforeseen circumstances with DJ Shay Money, the Salute to Young Leaders is celebrating the After Party with 100.3 The Beats’ ‘DJ Cuddy.’
The St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Young Leaders Networking Reception program is getting a bonus track for 2024. When the best and brightest of today and tomorrow – along with their many supporters – fill the sixth floor of the Four Seasons on Thursday, August 29, there will be yet another opportunity to connect with this year’s cohort of 20 honorees.
As usual, this year’s class of 20 – all under the age of 40 – reflect a host of fields and areas of service across the St. Louis metropolitan area for the event. The evening will once again be inspirational and aspirational with the entire community showing love to rising stars of the region. Each year the cohorts can be best described as Black excellence personified. It is also on brand for the event to sell out to maximum capacity.
But the 2024 honorees and guests will get a chance to take the party up a notch after the awardees are given their proverbial flowers.
“Immediately following the program, we will have an afterparty with DJ Shay Money,” said Raven Whitener, Executive Director of the St. Louis American Foundation. “It is something new and exciting for this year that will give the opportunity for more pictures, more connections and more of a celebratory atmosphere.”
Anybody who has tuned in to local radio for the past several years is fully aware that DJ Shay Money is a “turn up” queen. Her midday mixes are an absolute vibe.
The Kansas City native relocated to St. Louis more than a decade ago and made a name for herself as a retail boutique owner before following in the footsteps of her late father, DJ G-Money upon his suggestion in 2015.
“My father purchased my first starter board,” DJ Shay Money said on her website. He passed away after a sudden illness and was unable to show her the ropes, but she was able to find a mentor in St. Louis’ own DJ Krisstyle. “I am living my father’s legacy,” DJ Shay Money said.
In 2016, she became a member of the renowned DJ crew The Core DJs. Almost instantly she was a featured attraction with mixes and segments featured in several markets across the nation. By 2017, DJ Shay Money landed a spot on Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Sevyn Streeter’s “Girls Disrupted Tour.” Soon after touring with Streeter, She became the official DJ for the late rapper/producer BeatKing.
The Houston rap legend passed away last week from a pulmonary embolism and Shay Money paid tribute to him with a special mix on iHeart Media’s 100.3 The Beat a few days ago.
“It’s been such an amazing journey thus far,” DJ Shay Money said. “Stay tuned as there is much more to come.”
St. Louis will have the opportunity to see DJ Shay Money’s talent for themselves – as well as honor the gifts of those who will most certainly have a hand in shaping the bright future of the St. Louis region – next Thursday at Salute to Young Leaders 2024.
The St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Young Leaders Networking Awards Reception will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 29th at The Four Seasons. The Afterparty featuring DJ Shay Money will immediately follow the awards program. For more information to purchase tickets and for a full list of this year’s honorees, visit www.stlamerican.com or call 314.533.8000.