Armed with a passion for the arts, Ian Friday is on a creative mission. This New Yorker has been seen on stage and film and has performed throughout NYC as a poet. In 1994 he founded a nonprofit arts organization called the Tea Party which provided a platform for upcoming and established artists such as Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Saundra St. Victor, Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Saul Williams, The Antibalas and the Last Poets. The Tea Party also featured one of the hottest and well respected open mics in NYC as well as a party with Ian at the deejay helm.
Ian Friday launched his own label, TEA PARTY MUSIC, in the spring of 2006, featuring his original productions and features Erro, Corey Glover, Kelli Sae, Byron Moore and Shelley Nicole. First up for Tea Party Music is the smash single Life Starts Today with Byron Moore on the vocals. Stay tuned to this incredibly talented DJ, producer, song writer, and poet.
