Oronike Odeleye | |
|---|---|
 Odeleye in 2018 for the ArtsATL Kindle Award | |
| Born | Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Arts consultant, activist |
| Known for | Mute R. Kelly co-founder |
Oronike Odeleye (born 1979/1980) [1] is an American arts consultant and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known as the co-creator of the #MuteRKelly movement. [2]
Odeleye was born in Washington, D.C. and moved to Atlanta, Georgia at the age of three, where she grew up. [3] [4] Her father, an African-American sculptor, spent time in Nigeria after completing college and selected her first name from a list bestowed upon him by a Nigerian elder. She received her bachelor's degree in film studies from Syracuse University. [5] Odeleye is an Atlanta-based arts and entertainment consultant. [6]
In 2017, after allegations that singer R. Kelly was maintaining a sex cult involving young black women, Odeleye created a petition to ban Kelly's music from Atlanta radio stations. [7] [8] Soon after, Kenyette Tisha Barnes reached out to Odeleye to invite her to collaborate on the creation of a grassroots digital campaign to boycott his music, which became #MuteRKelly. [9] Odeleye also appeared in the 2019 documentary series Surviving R. Kelly to discuss the campaign. [10] [11]
In November 2022, Odeleye became the artistic director of the National Black Arts Festival. She had previously served as the festival director for "One Musicfest". [4] One of her major goals was to build a funding model not as susceptible to changing priorities of funders while also advocating for Black art and the Black community itself. [4]
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