January 15, 2021
Ahead of the U.S. presidential election on November 3, both Joe Biden and Donald Trump spent hundreds of millions of campaign dollars in Florida, a pivotal battleground state considered a must win. Anticipating a slim margin of victory, the challenge for both camps was to win white seniors and Latinx voters. Republicans exploited the anti-socialist anxiety, while Democrats tried to gnaw enough votes to cross the finish line. This set the stage for a competitive election in a state that has a history of contested elections and where the results are not unlikely to end up in the Supreme Court, as happened in 2000.
Uforo “Bongo” Ebong, better known as
Bongo ByTheWay, is a Grammy-winning platinum record producer originally from Nigeria and raised in both Florida and Rhode Island (currently residing in Los Angeles, CA). Bongo became known for his
unparalleled talent with production;
he also plays bass, piano and a multitude of other percussion instruments. As a child who grew up in the church, Bongo took to music as an outlet early on and received teaching from his musically inclined older brother beginning at age eight.
By the time he was eleven Bongo began creating his own beats and got his first major placement on a Musiq Soulchild track when he was only 18. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Florida, Bongo relocated to the entertainment epicenter of Los Angeles to focus on his music full-time. But despite his early expression of talent and validation from big names in the industry, Bongo ByTheWay never stopped striving to get better and b