Hip Hop Smithsonian's founder Sophia Nicole Lewis is the product of two musicians that met while attending HBCU Grambling State University. Her relationship with music began as an infant. Her love affair with hip-hop began as a 10-year old child who turned on her new walkman radio and discovered Salt-N-Pepa. She was a first soprano in her high school music choir, and sang in various talent showcases as a teen. She studied both electrical engineering and economics in college, and after over a decade working in finance, now enjoys a career in digital media.
