S11 Episode 76: Rhyon Nicole Brown - The Design Of Who Gets to Tell the Story

About this episode

Rhyon Nicole Brown discusses her transition from performer to creator and the importance of ownership and intentional storytelling in media.

What happens when a triple threat talent decides it’s not enough to perform in the system, and starts building a new one? In this episode of Design Of, I sit down with Rhyon, an actor, singer, and entrepreneur who is stepping into a new role. Not just as a performer, but as a creator and builder through her company, Rhume. Rhyon has spent years in the entertainment industry, building a career across film, television, and music. She knows what it takes to show up, deliver, and succeed in spaces that are competitive and often limiting. But success inside the system raised a bigger question for her. What if the system itself needs to change? Through Rhume, Rhyon is working to rethink how media is created and shared. Not just more content, but better ownership. More intentional storytelling. More opportunity for voices that don’t always get a seat at the table. This conversation is about that shift. From being cast to creating. From performing to producing. From participating to building. It’s about what it takes to carry multiple identities. The pressure of being known for one thing while feeling called to something more. And the discipline required to actually build it. Because…

People in this episode

Host: Justin Ahrens

Guest: Rhyon Nicole Brown

Topics covered

• media creation
• storytelling
• entrepreneurship
• identity
• ownership
• entertainment industry

Keywords

• triple threat
• performer
• creator
• media
• storytelling
• ownership
• entertainment
• building
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rhume

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