Independent Artist Showcase

Ayana McDonald is a singer, songwriter, and member of the Grammy Nominated & Stellar Award-winning group JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise, she has been featured on numerous platforms including The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), ABC Networks BET, The Word Network, The Impact Network & WATC and Fox. Ayana has opened shows for and performed with Grammy Award winning artists across various musical genres including Isreal Houghton, Karen Clark Sheard, Kim Burrell, Gloria Estephan, Wess Morgan, Michael McDonald and the Yellow Jackets and more. As an actress she has been featured in musicals and on the big screen, alongside gospel legend Shirley Murdock in the hit stage play “Torn Between and Tyler Perry in his motion picture “Madea’s Family Funeral”. She is a licensed and ordained minister with over 20 years of experience leading and managing teams in She also served as a member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, as a key member of the Public Policy and Economic Empowerment Committees and C