Join Bethany on The Sassy Show for the first ever Sassy Salon - the monthly networking event for brands and content creators in London - recorded live with two exceptional multi-hyphenates: Derrick Kakembo and Myah Asha Jeffers.

From spoken word poetry and dramaturgy at the Royal Court to shooting campaigns for Uber, Netflix, the BBC, the V&A and Vogue, this is a conversation about how two of London's most in-demand creatives built entire ecosystems around their work - without losing themselves in the process.

Myah, a writer, director and photographer, traces her path from theatre to film, shares the Audre Lorde line she lives by ("your voice is your weapon"), and tells the story of walking away from opportunities due to inauthencitiy. Derrick opens up about learning the business of art as an assistant to photographer Rankin, building his own ecosystem with Reform the Funk, and his unapologetically strategic approach to community: "look for people who look like you, and recruit them one by one."

Expect honest talk on when brand work feels like compromise versus collaboration, the real economics of chasing creative freedom while still paying rent, pitching tricks that actually land, and where AI fits into the future of storytelling.

This is a conversation about building your own table, staying rooted in identity, and refusing to stay small out of fear.

Sassy Salon runs monthly in London through the end of 2026 - find out more at sassytalent.biz or follow us on Instagram @sassy_talent

Follow Derrick @d_kakembo and Myah @myah.jeffers to see more of their work.

Interview by Bethany Burgoyne @bxsassy2
Produced and edited by @_thesassyshow

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