Shameika Rhymes, Entertainment Journalist

Shameika, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Do you have a hero? What have you learned from them? Two of the biggest heroes in my life are my maternal grandparents. They were both a shining example of what hard work, love, and faith could do in a person’s life. They were my safe place where I was allowed to just be a kid and tap into my imagination and be creative and carefree.

coined “where GenX meets pop culture,” the show’s discussions delve into the lives of media personalities and celebrities. Rhymes has interviewed such celebrities as Sean Patrick Thomas and McKinley Freeman from the TV series “Reasonable Doubt,” singer Will Downing, Nicco Annan from “P-Valley,” WWE star Bobby Lashley and others. TheMofochronicles.com is Rhymes' deeply personal passion platform where she can express her authenticity and be fully transparent. She also created the “Ladies Edition”

Today we’d like to introduce you to Shameika Rhymes. Hi Shameika, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today? I am an entertainment journalist and host that loves old-school everything and pop culture. I started out in television news as a production assistant and worked my way up to senior news producer. However, there was always something missin

When Shameika Rhymes didn’t see the content she wanted on the internet, she did what any skilled producer would do: created her own. The Asheville, North Carolina native wasn’t noticing any love being shown to the music legends that she admired growing up, so during the early stages of the 2020 pandemic, she created Check the Rhymes TV, a YouTube channel (named as an ode to the classic track from A Tribe Called Quest) built to celebrate the individuals who ruled the radio airwaves during her fo