Philly and Atlanta Stage
Gabrielle Nicole Nzinga Shakur Founder, Owner & Artivist |
GMX (Global Motivation X-Change)
The Architectural First. The Only. The Precedent.
The Host of the Philadelphia African Cultural Art Forum and Atlanta Veterans stages Gabrielle Nicole Nzinga Shakur is a revolutionary institution and a historic first.
As the only woman in Philadelphia’s 300-year history to own, operate, and serve as Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of a full publishing house—GMX Publishing House—she has shattered an institutional glass ceiling that remained untouched for centuries. She does not just lead; she commands an infrastructure of truth and legacy.
Under the banner of GMX (Global Motivation X-Change), Gabrielle has engineered a multifaceted platform for global impact and narrative control after serving as the Founding Partner of Game 4 P.E.A.C.E and Investigative News Correspondent behind Game 4 P.E.A.C.E What’s Going On? News Journals.
She made history as the first woman in history to lead an entire suite of all-Black-owned news channels—Global Union News, Global News Network, and Our News Central—maintaining absolute editorial and executive control over the narrative.
Her influence is etched into the bedrock of cultural history. Gabrielle served as the first Spokesperson for The Rated R of Tupac Shakur’s original group, Thug Life, and broke ground as the first female DJ to dominate Philadelphia's Delaware Avenue in the mid-1980s. As a literary force, she co-authored with The Rated R the uncompromising textbook and curriculum "Pens Up! Guns Down! We Don’t Fight; We Write!"—a high-octane literacy engine designed to transform survivors into authors.
Her career in entertainment further includes serving as the Director of Scripted TV Acquisitions for Elements Media Networks and creating the hit stage play "An Old School Thang With A New School Twang".
In the legal arena, Gabrielle is a Certified Professional Paralegal who weaponizes procedural precision to protect the legacy of the people. As the founder of The Pro Se’s (GMX Legal Advocacy Group), she remains undefeated and unmatched in providing strategic document assistance, civil rights protection, and constitutional literacy. She serves as the Administrator and Director of Legal Operations for William Hart's Delfonics, managing critical contract negotiations and intellectual property rights. A survivor who channels extreme resilience into leadership, she is the Spokesperson for the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center resident Pheng Ly and his S.T.A.R.T.³ initiative and is a facilitator of "The Exploration of Art Through Reality" founded in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center by U.S Military Veteran LaCedrick Johnson to heal the marginalized and underserved.
Her status as an elite leader is cemented by her inclusion in the world’s most prestigious professional circles, including Marquis Who’s Who in America （2025， the Worldwide Women’s Association (2026), and as a recipient of the Philadelphia Urban League Leadership Institute’s Cecil B. Moore Award and the 2020 Spiral Awards Star Medal.
Gabrielle Nicole Nzinga Shakur is an ironclad force of nature. Through GMX (Global Motivation X-Change), she has built an unbreakable foundation of media, law, and literacy. She stands alone as the institution.