Overtown Starbucks tied to Black family, Rolling Loud rolls out of Miami

It’s hard to think about what to look forward to in the economy for Black America, considering the mass layoffs that dominated the conversation last year.

Still, as many embark on or continue the job hunt, they might find inspiration in Kylie Russell, CEO and owner of Priceless One Management. Her company has operated the Starbucks near MiamiCentral, the downtown transportation hub, and also one at Jackson Memorial Hospital, since December 2024.

Reporter Michael Butler wrote about the Starbucks and a bit about Russell’s family and their entrepreneurial spirit. It wouldn’t surprise me if we saw more Black people pivot toward entrepreneurship at a time when the economy isn’t the best.

Read more about the Starbucks in Overtown and more in the latest issue of the 44 percent.

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INSIDE THE 305:

Kylie Russell, CEO and Owner of Priceless One Management stands inside Starbucks at the Brightline Station in Miami, Florida on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. Russell family members license a store of the coffeehouse chain in downtown Miami. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com

How a family of Black entrepreneurs has changed a Miami Starbucks

Concessions International, a Black-owned business, operates a Starbucks in Overtown, and wanted local people to connect with the coffeehouse team in an informal way.

Unrivaled, Miami women’s pro basketball league, valued at $340M as season begins

Now in its second season, professional women’s basketball league Unrivaled is returning to South Florida valued at $340 million.

The crowd reacts to a performance by rapper Travis Scott on the goPuff MainStage during day two of Rolling Loud Miami 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday, July 22, 2023. D.A. Varela dvarela@miamiherald.com

Hip-hop music festival Rolling Loud is leaving Miami. See the next move

Rolling Loud is leaving Miami and heading to Orlando. The hip-hop music festival was held in Wynwood and in downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park before moving to Hard Rock Stadium in 2018.

OUTSIDE THE 305:

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 08: Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica arrives to the Microsoft Theater for the opening ceremonies of the IX Summit of the Americas on June 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Leaders from North, Central and South America will travel to Los Angeles for the summit to discuss issues such as trade and migration. The United States is hosting the summit for the first time since 1994, when it took place in Miami. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) — LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 08: Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica arrives to the Microsoft Theater for the opening ceremonies of the IX Summit of the Americas on June 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Leaders from North, Central and South America will travel to Los Angeles for the summit to discuss issues such as trade and migration. The United States is hosting the summit for the first time since 1994, when it took place in Miami. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Anna Moneymaker Getty Images

Migrants deported from U.S. could soon land in two Caribbean countries

Two Caribbean countries whose nationals have been targeted under a recent U.S. travel ban have agreed to accept asylum-seekers rejected from the United States who cannot return to their countries of origin.

HIGH CULTURE: MOCA Makers, Food as Archive

Moderator Nadege Green listen intensively to Andrea Elliott as she comments on her new book. After days of rain, the sun and crowds turn out on the last day of the Miami Book Fair. Though the numbers were a bit less than pre-COVID19 years, Miami Book Fair first hybrid event was both online and in-person as adults and children enjoyed all the various activities and vendors at Miami Book Fair on Sunday, November 21, 2021. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

MOCA Makers is holding a workshop Saturday titled Food as Archive. Led by historian and Black Miami-Dade founder Nadege Green, the workshop will explore how Bahamian migrants carried knowledge, labor and foodways that shaped early Miami and continue to inform the city’s living archive. Those interested can sign up at: https://www.mocanomi.org/posts/moca-makers-food-as-archive

This story was originally published January 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM.

Raisa Habersham

Miami Herald

Raisa Habersham is the race and culture reporter for the Miami Herald. She previously covered Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale for the Herald with a focus on housing and affordability. Habersham is a graduate of the University of Georgia. She joined the Herald in 2022.

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