2015 Relaunch This fall the Indie Buzz saw a lot of growth and had a lot of promising things to offer. Specials were created like Watch it Wednesday and Emcees By The Sea. Then all of a sudden the dopest page on The Urban Bu... Read More...
Adult Swim’s “Black Dynamite” to feature Tyler the Creator & Erykah Badu ADULT SWIM’S BLACK DYNAMITE TO PRESENT “THE WIZARD OF WATTS” MUSICAL MOVIE SPECIAL ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2015 AT 10:30PM ET/PT The hour-long animated feature includes guest appearances from Tyler The ... Read More...
Interactive One Acquires Global Grind Interactive One, the number one online platform for the African American and New Urban community, announced today that it has acquired GlobalGrind, founded by Russell Simmons. Details of the trans... Read More...
Def Jam Ups Leesa Brunson to SVP of A&R Leesa Brunson has been upped to SVP of A&R Operations for Def Jam Recordings. In her newly expanded role, Brunson will supervise all day-to-day operations of the department, on behalf of all artists on Def ... Read More...
2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees include Bill Withers The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the musicians who will be inducted in 2015. Bill Withers and The 5 Royales, an R&B group from the 50's is getting in along with Among ... Read More...
Black Journalists Push Back on Cosby Bill Cosby suggesting white journalists are giving him the short end of the stick is a bunch of crap -- and that's according to the head of a black journalists organization. Bob Butler, President of the Nati... Read More...
Suits Make Silent Statement in Los Angeles Prominent Men of Color came together for a silent vigil this week in Los Angeles. The quiet protest was in support of Eric Garner, the unarmed African American man choked to death by NYPD. As many of us kno... Read More...
The Lifetime Black-a-Thon Rolls On Lifetime is looking to beat BET, Centric and WE to the punch with yet another film in their "fade to black" series. The new “we go hard for pecan tan” female-skewing cable network has tapped Grammy-winne... Read More...
D’Angelo “Black Messiah” After nearly a decade and a half, the R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist D'Angelo has finally announced a follow-up to his 2000 landmark LP "Voodoo.". The new album, titled "Black Messiah," debuted S... Read More...
