From Hip-Hop To Coffee: Memphis Rapper Pivots To African Coffee With Cxffeeblack, Business Is Creating Jobs For Black Youth

Coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia and spread globally through African hands, but it became a $500 billion industry on the backs of enslaved Africans who cultivated it across the Caribbean and the Americas. Today, Black people remain the labor-but almost never the owners.

Cxffeeblack is changing that.

Jones is hiring his own mentees , training young Black creatives in Memphis to work in coffee roasting, supply chain management, marketing, and entrepreneurship.

"For centuries, coffee has been taken from Black hands," Jones says. "We're taking it back."

Investment Opportunity: Free Coffee for Life + First Dibs on Franchising & Wholesale

Through Cxffeeblack's WeFunder campaign , anyone can invest and own a piece of one of the Blackest coffee brands in America.

Invest $10K or more and get free Gold Brew for life.

Top-tier investors also get first access to exclusive franchising and wholesale opportunities in 2026.

Spots are limited. Invest today before this opportunity closes:

Exclusive Press Opportunity

Media availability: Interviews, behind-the-scenes access at our Memphis café, and investor events.

Press Contact:

Bartholomew Jones | [email protected] , 9017136555

SOURCE Cxffeeblack

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