“STREET NOISE ISSUE #20: DEBRA ‘COCO’ SLATER – THE FREQUENCY OF FAITH” traces how a Bronx girl who grew up under block‑party speakers became the quiet force amplifying everyone else’s sound. A temp internship kid at 106 & Park, Channel 13, and a broke indie label evolves into a one‑woman media engine—researcher, host, producer, and brand architect—building Just Gimme the Mic from scratch while juggling certifications, an MBA, and ramen-budget production nights. Her “royalty alert” moment isn’t a check but a confirmation: a legendary hip-hop artist tells her the show feels like early Video Music Box, proof that what she’s doing is real, rooted, and necessary. With no major network, no machine behind her, CoCo scales on grit, data, and community—mentoring youth, scripting workshops, and dreaming up a global network where underrepresented voices, from barbershop poets to web-series actors, stop asking for permission and start owning their narratives. She becomes the embodiment of her own mantra—“initiate imperfect, stay consistent, bet on self sans believers”—a living blueprint that reminds readers that purpose often starts as a small, shaky platform, then turns into an empire when you refuse to drop the mic.