New to the DJ game, Amber Rose’s fascinating cultural blend comes to Harrah’s and Coachella

by Ceylon Monroe

Background Daughter of a Cape Verdean mother and an Irish and Italian father, she was surviving on the streets of South Philadelphia at the tender age of fifteen.

Big Break Becoming a Ford Agency fashion model, gracing the pages of Elle, Vogue, Grazie, Vibe, Gotham, and Complex, and arguably by becoming romantically involved with Kanye West, with whom she has had a contentious Twitter relationship (it’s also rumored that West’s recent single “30 Hours,” which blasts an ex-girlfriend, is about Rose).

When not spinning A budding actress; she starred in School Dance (2014), written and directed by Nick Cannon, and has also starred in a global campaign for Smirnoff Whipped Cream and Fluffed Marshmallow Flavored Vodka. Started her own fashion company, Rose & Ono, in 2012 with longtime friend and celebrity makeup artist Pricilla Ono. Last year, she filmed, “Walk Of No Shame with Amber Rose,” with Funny Or Die—a viral video to promote Slut Walk, held on October 3 in Los Angeles.

In the music biz Released her debut single “Fame” (featuring now-ex-husband Wiz Khalifa) in 2012, followed by “Loaded.” She then appeared in the eleventh track of Khalifa’s album O.N.I.F.C., titled “Rise Above,” along with rappers Tuki Carter and Pharrell Williams (the latter produced the song).

Amber Rose will be spinning on April 9 in Atlantic City at The POOL After Dark at Harrah’s, and for several days in mid-April at Coachella in Indio, CA.
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