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Meridian Cultural Diplomacy Awards

2025 Leadership

Past Artists and Speakers

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Meridian Cultural Diplomacy Awards

2025 Leadership

Past Artists and Speakers

WATCH THE FULL STREAM HERE

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Meridian Cultural Diplomacy Awards

2025 Leadership

Past Artists and Speakers

WATCH THE FULL STREAM HERE

Def-i

Hailing from Albuquerque, NM and emerging from the underground indy rap circuit, Def-i’s eclectic repertoire has provided him with much success and opportunity; MC, Producer, Artist-Educator – Def-i has been featured on NPR Music, Sway In The Morning, BBC, Van’s Warped Tour, Shade 45, CBC, HipHopDX, and more. His performance styles range widely from Hip-Hop and spoken word to contemporary Indigenous acoustic.
Rounding out this diverse musical powerhouse, Def-i is an experienced youth workshop provider, active Recording Academy / GRAMMYs member, and has served as a U.S. Cultural Ambassador in Nigeria w/ Next Level USA & Meridian International. For the past decade, he has worked with educational entities from many levels teaching creative writing, song recording, the art of beat making and fundamentals of Hip-Hop Culture.

Meridian International Center is a diplomacy center founded in 1960 with the vision that greater understanding and collaboration between the United States and the world leads to a more secure, prosperous future.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, on a four-acre campus with two historic properties, Meridian has long served as a place where global leaders gather, future leaders are found, and international collaboration thrives. Through prestigious international exchanges, custom trainings, substantive convenings and unparalleled education, our mission is to strengthen engagement between the U.S. and the world to find solutions on shared global challenges. We do this by partnering with the U.S. government, the private sector, and the diplomatic community on four core pillars of programs:

Global Leadership: Building the next generation of global leaders empowered to create change through exchange and training programs
Diplomatic Engagement: Strengthening foreign policy decisions and outcomes by accelerating collaboration across borders
Culture: Increasing understanding of the United States and other countries through shared interests in art and culture
Corporate Diplomacy: Advancing global competitiveness and collaboration through effective private sector engagement

Def-i

Meridian International Center is a diplomacy center founded in 1960 with the vision that greater understanding and collaboration between the United States and the world leads to a more secure, prosperous future.