Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent Ink ABC TV Deal ABC has given a put pilot order to a musical comedy series that boasts Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Mary J. Blige among its executive producers. Titled “Family Affair,” the single-camera series fol... Read More...
TAVIS SMILEY RETURNS TO RADIO Generated by IJG JPEG Library According to broker of record Greg Guy of Patrick Communications, Multicultural is selling KBLA-AM 1580, licensed to Santa Monica, Calif., to Tavis Smiley. The deal is value... Read More...
Black Exec Sues Nielsen Corporation for Discrimination Cheryl Grace Cheryl Grace, the face of the company’s Annual Black Consumer Report, says Nielsen’s public message “You Matter” falls short inside the company. For the past decade, Nielsen Holdings has pro... Read More...
IBA’S Ron Stone Issues Statement on Nielsen Policy Changes IBA President & Executive Director Ron Stone is addressing the changes announced by Nielsen elimination non-subscribing stations from ratings results to clients. Stone wrote: Many radio stations s... Read More...
The Funky Demise of Black Bands , Part IV : Beat Junkies- DJs, Sampling, Singers & Trap Just when you thought it had come to an end, Mr. George ,once again, does not disappoint as he continues his series on the demise of legendary Black bands. This series chronicles an important portion of music ... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape Funky Demise of Black Band Culture Part III This is the final section of a series of essay son funk ensembles in the 21st century. Funk was in transition from a music created with live horns, Latin percussion, and a tight rhythm section to a... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape: Funky Demise of Black Band Culture, Part 2 The second section of a long essay about popular black music and bands examines, “where have the black bands gone?” Basically, into the 21st century black bands have become irrelevant to production... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape:The Funky Demise of Black Band Culture, Part One At the intermission of a performance in Boston in 1919, band leader James Reese Europe called an impromptu meeting with his two drummers, Steve and Herbert Wright. Apparently, Europe, a man who had high sta... Read More...
