Beverly Bond

Beverly Bond (born December 19, 1970) is an American former Wilhemenia model, DJ, business woman, mentor, producer, writer and founder of Black Girls Rock!. Bond is best known for her organization, Black Girls Rock! which recognizes the success of African American women.

Bond was born on December 19, 1970, in New York City, New York. Bond was raised by her mother, Mary Burroughs.

As a child, Bond lived in several homes throughout the state of Maryland. Bond attended a different school every year of her childhood from kindergarten to tenth grade, and sometimes two schools in one year. Her mother collected music and told her about many genres of music, including hip-hop, and world beat, blues, jazz, soul, funk, and old school. Bond started to collect her own hip-hop records, and became a serious record collector.

At the age of seventeen, Bond moved to New York to pursue a modeling career. Her first agency was Elite New Faces, where because of her 5’9 frame she was booked for jobs that were mainly for athletic brands.

Bonds signed with Wilhelmina Models and was booked for campaigns and commercials for Diesel Jeans, Guess, Nike, and Nordstroms.

In November 1999, Bond bought a set of turntables, with aspirations of using her extensive record collection to become a DJ. She started deejaying at local clubs in New York. As she secured more DJ work, she gradually stopped attending modelling auditions.

Bond spun and mixed for gatherings of high-profile celebrities like Prince, Jay-Z, Sean “Puffy” Combs, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kimora Lee Simmons, Alicia Keys, Hugo Boss, Andre Harrell and Veronica Webb, and Playboy. She spun for singer D’Angelo’s Voodoo album release party. She toured with Sunshine Anderson and Musiq Soulchild for the Courvoisier tour where she was the official DJ for Erykah Badu, The Roots, Amerie, and others.

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