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'''Oronike Odeleye''' (born 1979 – 1980)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://interactives.theroot.com/root-100-2019/oronike-odeleye/|title=Oronike Odeleye|website=The Root|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> is an American arts consultant and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known as the co-creator of the [[Mute R. Kelly|#MuteRKelly]] movement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2018/05/07/608802024/muterkelly-co-founder-on-the-moment-her-movement-and-its-momentum/|title=#MuteRKelly Co-Founder On The Moment, Her Movement And Its Momentum|last=Garcia-Navarro|first=Lulu|date=2018-05-07|website=Houston Public Media|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>▼
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| caption = Odeleye in 2018 for the ArtsATL Kindle Award
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| known_for = [[Mute R. Kelly]] co-founder
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▲'''Oronike Odeleye''' (born 1979 – /1980)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://interactives.theroot.com/root-100-2019/oronike-odeleye/|title=Oronike Odeleye|website=The Root|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> is an American arts consultant and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known as the co-creator of the [[Mute R. Kelly|#MuteRKelly]] movement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2018/05/07/608802024/muterkelly-co-founder-on-the-moment-her-movement-and-its-momentum/|title=#MuteRKelly Co-Founder On The Moment, Her Movement And Its Momentum|last=Garcia-Navarro|first=Lulu|date=2018-05-07|website=Houston Public Media|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>
==Life and career==
Odeleye was born in [[Washington, D.C.]] and raised in [[Atlanta]], Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.okayafrica.com/oronike-odeleye-mute-r-kelly-whats-in-a-name/|title=To the Girls With Heavy Names|first=Malaika |last= Jabali|date=2019-03-28|website=OkayAfrica|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> Her familyfather, isan African-American; her father, a sculptor, spent time in [[Nigeria]] after completing college and selected her first name from a list bestowed upon him by a Nigerian elder. She received her bachelor's degree in film studies from [[Syracuse University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourresilience.org/support-us/eveningofimpact/|title=Evening of Impact 2019: Resilience|website=www.ourresilience.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> Odeleye is an Atlanta-based arts and entertainment consultant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-388-trump-s-mob-ties-new-brunswick-flood-muterkelly-p-k-subban-s-dad-mercury-13-and-more-1.4646381/he-s-been-doing-this-forever-atlanta-creative-consultant-says-time-s-up-for-r-kelly-1.4646403|title='He's been doing this forever': Atlanta creative consultant says time's up for R. Kelly|last=|first=|date= 2018-05-04|website=CBC|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>
In 2017, after allegations that singer [[R. Kelly]] was maintaining a sex cult involving young black women, Odeleye created a petition to ban Kelly's music from Atlanta radio stations.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/5/30/18646582/creators-of-muterkelly-honored-in-chicago-urge-vigilance-in-cases-singer-faces|title=Creators of #MuteRKelly honored in Chicago, urge vigilance in cases singer faces|last=Mitchell|first=Mary|date=2019-05-30|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://truthout.org/video/surviving-r-kelly-documents-decades-of-abuse-of-black-girls/|title="Surviving R. Kelly" Documents Decades of Abuse of Black Girls|last=Goodman|first=Amy|website=Truthout|language=en-US|date=2019-01-07|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> Soon after, Kenyette Tisha Barnes reached out to Odeleye to invite her to collaborate on the creation of a grassroots digital campaign to boycott his music, which became [[Mute R. Kelly|#MuteRKelly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/mute-r-kelly-2626090782.html?rebelltitem=20#rebelltitem20?rebelltitem=20|title=#MuteRKelly Co-Founder: 'We Have to Let Him Go'|date=2019-01-16|website=PAPER|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> Odeleye also appeared in the 2019 documentary series ''[[Surviving R. Kelly]]'' to discuss the campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/kelly-has-disappeared-off-the-radio-airwaves-including-atlanta-stations/NoHjTa0Zyvy5elAXA56HuL/|title=R. Kelly has disappeared off the radio airwaves - including Atlanta R&B stations|last=Ho|first=Rodney|website=ajc|language=english|date=2019-01-18|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/oronike-odeleye-muterkelly-where-hashtag-goes-next|title=The Cofounder of #MuteRKelly on Where the Hashtag Goes Next|last=Odeleye|first=Oronike|website=Glamour|language=en|date=2018-05-03|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>
===Accolades===
* The Root 100, ''[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]'' (2019)<ref name=":0" />
* Activist Impact Award, [[Breakthrough (human rights)|Breakthrough]] Inspiration Awards (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/human-interest/me-too-movement-heroes-black-women-breakthrough/|title=Meet The Unsung Heroes of the #MeToo Movement: 'It's Powerful to Be Honored'|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>
* Visionary Award, Resilience (2019)<ref name=":1" />
*OkayAfrica's 100 Women, [[OkayAfrica]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://100women.okayafrica.com/editorial/oronikeodeleye|title=Oronike Odeleye|website=OKAYAFRICA's 100 WOMEN|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-date=2021-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523212658/https://100women.okayafrica.com/editorial/oronikeodeleye|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References ==
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*[https://twitter.com/SuiteLadyOro Oronike Odoleye] on Twitter
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