Rashan Ali

With a passion for all things media and empowering young women, Rashan Ali is a formidable and revered personality within the sports and entertainment industries. She believes in “Doing Media Differently.” While attending Florida A&M University as a Broadcast Journalism major, Ali knew that she wanted to share her voice with the world and set out on a quest to make that happen. She became heavily involved in the entertainment scene in Atlanta, working for LaFace Records and as the personal assistant to the late Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes. Ali entered a contest search looking for new talent on Atlanta radio station HOT 107.9FM and was handpicked from over 500 applicants to join popular radio personality Ryan Cameron on-air.

Her charisma and grace appealed to millions of listeners, which quickly propelled the program’s rating into the #1 position during its 6-10 AM time slot. She then went on to become the host of the “A-Team” Morning Show on the same station. Ali’s journey in radio came full circle in 2010 when she reunited with Ryan Cameron for a year as the co-host of The Ryan Cameron Show on V-103 FM, Atlanta’s #1 urban formatted station. She later joined new hip hop station 94.5 as the host of “The Streetz Morning Grind” in 2012.

Ali's unique perspective and passion for sports has resulted in sideline reporting for the Atlanta Hawks (2005 – 2009), the Southern Conference Sports Network (2011), the Atlanta Football Classic for NBC Sports Network (2011-2012), college football and basketball for CBS Sports Network (2012-2015) and for the Chick-Fil-A Bowl Preview Show, which aired on ESPN 2 and ESPN U. She was also the Social Media Correspondent for NBA TV’s “GameTime” during the NBA Playoffs (2010 – 2013) and worked on the network’s show “Fantasy Insider” in the same capacity for two seasons.

Ali hosted “Atlanta and Company After Noon” on NBC (Atl), “Under Armour Highlights of the Week” on the NFHS Network and “HBCU Playback” on Aspire TV. She freelanced as a sports anchor for CNN and HLN’s Bleacher Report and served as the co-host of “Falcons Rise Up Weekly” on Atlanta’s CW 69 for four seasons.

She is the host of her own podcast, “The Cool Soror Podcast” which explores the stories of women and men in Black, Greek lettered organizations. She has since expanded the brand incorporating all “Cool People.” Ali formerly served as one of four co-hosts on "Sister Circle" - a nationally syndicated talk show on TV One, which ran for three seasons. She made a guest appearance on the second season of Tyler Perry’s “Sistas” on BET. Ali plays a supporting role in “All The Queen’s Men" on BET+.