The Nelson George Mixtape: The Slow Death of Mom & Pop Retailers Down at the bottom of the musical food chain, yet historically crucial to its health, were Mom & Pop record stores. In every African-American community there were at least one and often two or three ret... Read More...
National Black Radio Hall of Fame 2020-2021Induction Awards Ceremony The National Black Radio Hall of Fame (NBRHOF) Board of Directors have approved the following industry trailblazers into our prestigious national museum for our 2020 and 2021 induction ceremony on Saturday, Feb... Read More...
Polyester the Saint Talks Working With Nipsey Hussle, L.A.’s Evolving Rap Scene, New Album, And More From behind the scenes, to in front of them, and all angles in between, L.A. native Polyester the Saint, has touched the core of L.A.'s hip-hop scene dating back some 13 years to the MySpace days. A graduate... Read More...
‘Urban Music’ Under Fire as Senior Execs Voice Unease Over the Widely-Used Term Is the music industry completely okay with the use of ‘urban’ as a catch-all term to describe all the different denominations of hip-hop and R&B? In a word, no. Read more from Music Business Worldwide.... Read More...
‘Real Talk’ about Hip Hop at the Grammy Museum in LA Hip Hop Panel Discussion at the Grammy Museum in LA ... Read More...
KMOJ-Minneapolis Launches “The Ice” The New Urban Hip-Hop sound heats up the Minneapolis-St. Paul airwaves today at Noon and in the process logging another first for The Center for Communication and Development/ KMOJ-FM and HD1. CCD/KMOJ-FM 89... Read More...
The Continued Growth of On Demand Music Streaming Results of a recent study conducted by marketing research company, LOOP (Lots Of Online People) with 3,014 U.S. respondents, examined respondents’ attitudes toward more than 50 genres, compiled fans into the to... Read More...
Everybody Looking At Gucci Mane: Free, New and Improved If you live in the south, especially in metro Atlanta, you may get a nod of approval for Kanye, Drake or any other “A” list hip hop artist, yet, the mere mention of the name Gucci Mane has many giving reverence... Read More...
Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino Fans of Donald Glover’s “Erkel-esque” character Troy on the sitcom NBC Community will see the other side of him and his musical skills in a new FX series, Atlanta. The cable network ordered ten episodes of t... Read More...
Gone In A Flash! Dude, where's my car? Even if you were born in the 90’s or you know anything about hip-hop, you must know the name Grandmaster Flash. He’s a more than just a hip hop pioneer and international master of the ... Read More...
