About RIMIDI

INTRODUCING THE INIMITABLE RIMIDI, A MIAMI-BORN SENSATION WHOSE CAPTIVATING TALENTS SPAN THE REALMS OF SINGING, SONGWRITING, ACTING, EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AN INNOVATIVE STORY TELLER, RIMIDI, WHO’S EXPLORATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FROM HER FAMILY'S TRADITIONS OF THE TRADITIONAL 9-5 JOB AND MAKE UP LED HER INTO NEW REALIZATIONS AND EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE SINCE CHANGED HER AND HER LIFE FOREVER. HER JOURNEY TOOK A THRILLING TURN WHEN SHE INSISTED ON CREATING A LIFE CONDUCIVE TO ONE THAT ALLOWS HER THE FLEXIBILITY TO FOCUS ON HER PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THAT OF HER CHILDREN. BUILDING A REALITY IN WHICH SHE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHOW UP TO BECAME HER FOCUS - A DEVOTION TO GOD FIRST THROUGH HEALTHY LIVING, DOING WHAT SHE LOVES AND HER OWN OVERALL HEALTH. AS AN AUTHENTIC AND VISIONARY CREATIVE, RIMIDI HAS CONSISTENTLY DELIVERED MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES THROUGH HER EXPERIMENTAL ALTERNATIVE SOUL MUSIC AND GROUNDBREAKING ART PROJECTS. SHE USES DIFFERENT ART FORMS AS A WAY TO EXPRESS HERSELF AND THE THINGS THAT SHE IS MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT. 

SOME MAY SAY THAT AN EXPERIENCE WITH RIMIDI, WHETHER THROUGH MUSIC AND/OR HER STELLAR MUSIC PERFORMANCES, MENTORSHIP OR THROUGH PERSONAL INTERACTION, IS LIKE AN UNORTHODOX CHURCH AND ONE THEY WERE UNAWARE THEY NEEDED. RIMIDI THRIVES AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUL GRUNGE, ANCESTRAL RITUALS AND NEW AGE SOUND. WITH CHARISMA, LYRICAL REALISM, AND AN UNDENIABLE STAGE PRESENCE, RIMIDI CREATES A UNIQUE WORLD FOR HER FANS TO DISCOVER AND EXPLORE.  

BORN SHAWNNETTE LONGLEY, RIMIDI WAS PROFOUNDLY INFLUENCED BY AN ECLECTIC MIX OF MUSICAL GENRES THROUGHOUT HER UPBRINGING. THE SOUNDS OF SADE, ANITA BAKER, BOOTSY COLLINS, GEORGE CLINTON AND THE FUNKADELICS, GEORGE MICHAELS, MICHAEL JACKSON, AND PRINCE FILLED HER HOME AND INSPIRED HER TO EMBRACE HER OWN EXCEPTIONAL TALENTS. FROM HER EARLY BEGINNINGS IN A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL GROUP TO HER CURRENT SUCCESS, RIMIDI'S PASSION FOR MUSIC, EDUCATION, SPIRITUALITY, AND WELLNESS HAS DRIVEN HER TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS AS AN ARTIST. RIMIDI BEGAN TO DISPLAY AN EARLY TALENT FOR WRITING, FILING NOTEBOOKS WITH LYRICS AND INTUITIVE WORDPLAY AS EARLY AS SHE COULD WRITE. WHEN SHE RECEIVED HER FIRST KARAOKE MACHINE FROM HER MOTHER, HER PATH AS AN ARTIST BECAME CLEAR; ALTHOUGH SINCE, HER PATH HAS EXPANDED BEYOND THE WORLD OF MUSIC INTO EXPLORING ONE'S CONNECTION WITH SELF AND THE "I AM". HER CAREER HAS ALSO EXPANDED INTO EDUCATION WHERE SHE ACCIDENTALLY STUMBLED UPON FOUNDING A NEWFOUND LOVE AND PASSION FOR IT. EMOTION LIES AT THE CORE OF RIMIDI'S MUSICAL JOURNEY AND BEING, APPARENT IN HER CANDID, HEARTFELT LYRICS AND COLORFUL SOUND. EVEN WHEN SHE SPEAKS, THIS IS WHAT SHE EXUDES.  

RIMIDI'S JOURNEY HAS LED HER TO WORK WITH HIGH-PROFILE COLLABORATORS, SUCH AS ALOE BLACC AND SLIM THUG. SHE HAS BEEN FEATURED ON DISNEY AND IS AN ALUMNA OF THE ESTEEMED BETTY WRIGHT’S “THE M.O.S.T.” SONGWRITING CAMP, FOUNDER AND OWNER OF NOOM RECORDINGS AND RIMIDI AND HAS RECENTLY EMBARKED ON A PROFESSIONAL ACTING CAREER.  

COMMITTED TO THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MENTORSHIP AND CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR OUR YOUTH, RIMIDI IS THE PROUD FOUNDER AND CEO OF MIAMI-BASED 501©3 NONPROFIT AND YOUTH ORGANIZATION, GEM CULTURE. AS A MENTOR, RIMIDI INSPIRES YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR CHARACTER, CREATIVITY, AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. AS A PRACTICING YOGI AND MEDITATION TEACHER, RIMIDI TRAINS UNDER MONICA GONZALEZ OF DUBYOGA. RIMIDI HOLDS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS A MASTERS IN EDUCATION IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION: CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, RIMIDI IS AN EDUCATOR AND MENTOR WITH MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND OF SERVICE TO OUR YOUTH VIA AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CITRUS FLORIDA GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA, NYFL, GUITAR OVER GUNS, FANM SAJ, AND MANY MORE.

IN MAY 2021, RIMIDI TOOK HER TALENTS TO THE SCREEN, DIRECTING AND FILMING HER FIRST SHORT FILM, WHICH SERVES AS A VISUAL COMPANION TO HER UPCOMING ALBUM, JUNO: THE LATE BLOOMER. HER FIRST SINGLE FROM THE PROJECT, "SURREAL," WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 2021, FOLLOWED BY THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED "RAN AWAY."  

RIMIDI HAS RECENTLY RELEASED HER HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SECOND ALBUM, "JUNO: THE LATE BLOOMER", CO-PRODUCED WITH FUDAKOCHI. AS THIS PROJECT ROLLS OUT, EXPECT TO SEE MORE FROM THIS CUMULATIVE WORK. SHE WILL ALSO HOST FIND YOUR RIMIDI, AN ANNUAL 3-DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL RETREAT THAT SHE CURATES FEATURING AMAZING ARTISTS SUCH AS RIMIDI, FLOW WOLF, VAN J, AND MORE, TAKING PLACE AT A SECRET LOCATION SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED. VISIT FINDYOURRIMIDI.COM TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ON THE FIND YOUR RIMIDI MUSIC FESTIVAL RETREAT.

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