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Two decades ago, the store Caribbean Pulse originated on Pascagoula Street in the City of Jackson, Miss. The island’s culture was highlighted as a means of drawing the community to the site. The store was operable from 2005 to 2007.
Caribbean Pulse’s name was changed to Kolors in 2009, and Kolors sits in a different location (404 W Pascagoula Street). Co-owner – Kolin DJ C-Lecta of WMPR 90.1 FM Radio Station – stated during an interview last Saturday that following the deaths of his parents, grief which grew into a near-death experience landed him in the hospital for six weeks. “I lost my dad and mom within a 13-month period. I came back from New York in 2009 and established Kolors. Its name came about because Africa is the splendor of colors, and we are one race of many colors. We’ve been here 16 plus years,” he said…