My Story:
Since I was a kid, I have been a conscious thinker and a self starter, unknowingly laying the foundation of an entrepreneur and an activist. From the age of nine, for those old enough to remember, I was selling metal Social Security cards door to door, cutting grass, and selling firewood. As a teenager, once I could drive, I began selling encyclopedias.

I fell in love with marketing and networking over thirty five years ago. My first real job was working at Foxy 99 radio station as an Account Executive. In 1991, I started my first business, Joe's Limousine Service, and the following year, I hosted my first business networking event, "Jazz After Hours," at the DeLafayette Restaurant in Fayetteville, NC. The Jazz After Hours networking event made it to the rooftop of the infamous Prince Charles Hotel in downtown Fayetteville, featuring the great Malachi Sharpe. That love for entertainment and promoting led to my first nightclub in the mid 90s. As one half of D & M Productions, we respectfully go down in history for having one of the biggest and era changing nightclubs in the Southeast, The Red Roper.

In 2002, my lifestyle pivoted when I became a 33 year old single dad raising a teenage daughter. The conscious thinker I had always been, I carried a deep intrigue about Black History. Still driven to promote events, I hosted my first Black History Quiz Bowl for local students, where they matched wits for cash and prizes.

In 2004, inspired by raising my daughter as a single dad and still having the desire to network, I founded GOTDAD, Giving Opportunities Through Dedication And Devotion, a nonprofit organization that advocated for single fathers like me. Through GOTDAD, I continued the annual Black History Quiz Bowl and expanded into additional community events.

They say it's funny how life circumstances can change your direction. For me, raising my daughter through college and watching her graduate from Fayetteville State University became the mission.

Blink your eyes, let a few decades pass, and now you have four beautiful children. A daughter who graduated from A&T, a son at Central, and my 12 year old sidekick and little princess.

Through every season of me challenging me to be a better me, through fatherhood, family, relationships, business, and being in community, I continued bringing impactful events and initiatives to Fayetteville.

Take A Journey With Me:
I have compiled archived articles that document a 30 plus year journey of Joe McGee and his community service from January 1992. To view what I have done, please visit the Accomplishments page.

Sincerely,
Joe McGee