Vernon Reid is best known as the guitarist for Living Colour, with whom he won two Grammy awards for “Best Hard Rock Performance” and is, currently, being honored at the Afrofuturism exposition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

In 1985 he founded - with Greg Tate, DK Dyson and Konda Mason - the Black Rock Coalition. A history defining artists' collective and non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the creative freedom and works of black musicians.

He also release two solo albums, produced and recorded with many other artists and guitar legends, including Bill Frisell and Ronald Shannon Jackson, as well as produced several James "Blood" Ulmer albums. He have two further Grammy Nominations and cross his four-decade career, has shared session and stage time with an array of artists such as The Roots, Mick Jagger, Santana, Public Enemy, Jack Bruce, Tracy Chapman and Mariah Carey.