We had the good fortune of connecting with Antoine / Santoine Jackson and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Antoine / Santoine, where are your from? We’d love to hear about how your background has played a role in who you are today?
We are from Inkster, Michigan. Our city has a rich history of notable people hailing from there and we’ve always wanted to be included on that list for great reasons. Our up bringing impacted us in great ways, it taught us hard work, dedication, work ethic and more.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
We want the world to know about our company and brand (The Connected Experience, The College of Hip Hop and more), is that we stayed the course of everything we started, on the hard days we worked harder or the “easy” days we worked harder because we want to become a household name and brand that are trustworthy. What sets us apart is that we always lead with love and respect and business follows.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Our city is so small that it’s no spots to hang so we would take a visitor downtown Detroit or places in the city to eat. Maybe catch a live sporting event or Comedy show etc. a classic place we grew up eating is Captain Nemo’s (the one in Inkster closed) so we’d take them to the in in Romulus, it’s a sub shoppe

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
We’d like to dedicate our shout out to our late grandfather Ronald Legion. “The Old Man” as we called him showed us that with a focus and determination you can accomplish anything you want.

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