Kendrick Lamar Links with Billionaire Ray Dalio for New pgLang-Produced Video Promoting Financial Literacy Kendrick Lamar preaches the benefits of “slow money” in a new video released as part of Cash App’s ongoing “That’s Money” campaign. The clip, which has also been playing at stops on... Read More...
L.A. Reid’s HitCo Entertainment has been Sold to Concord Music Group HitCo Entertainment, the music company launched by Antonio L.A. Reid and Charles Goldstuck in 2017, has been sold to Concord, Variety has learned through multiple sources. Hom... Read More...
Tyler Perry, Steve Harvey, T.I., Rick Ross & More Shut Down Atlanta for Invest Fest The biggest financial literacy podcast, Earn Your Leisure, returned to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta for their second annual Invest Fest. This year’s festival brought out more than 12,000 pe... Read More...
Black Music Action Coalition to Honor Rep. Maxine Waters, Sony Publishing’s Jon Platt, 300 Elektra’s Kevin Liles, More at 2022 Gala The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) revealed honorees for its second annual Music in Action Awards Gala on September 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Jon “Big Jon” Platt, chairman and CEO o... Read More...
Mo Ostin RIP Mo Ostin, who presided as a top executive at Warner Bros.-Reprise Records for more than three decades, during which the artist-friendly company enjoyed a glittering, hit-making run, died Sunday of natural ... Read More...
Weed Money headed to Radio Sales! The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the FY 2023 Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill, which includes language that would prevent the FCC from taking administrativ... Read More...
Byron Allen’s Media Group Aquires Black News Channel for $11 million Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) is proud to announce that the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division of the United States Bankruptcy Court, (Case No. 4:22-bk-40087-KKS) issued an order ap... Read More...
Dionnee Harper joins Warner Records as EVP of Marketing & Artist Development Longtime Warner Music Group vet Dionnee Harper is joining Warner Records as EVP of Marketing & Artist Development, effective September 15. Ms. Harper currently serves as SVP/Head of Marketing at WMG si... Read More...
NFL, Ice Cube team up for economic-equity initiative for Black-owned businesses The NFL is teaming up with Ice Cube. The league announced Thursday that it is partnering with Contract with Black America Institute, an economic-inclusion initiative led by artist and entrepreneur O'Shea Ja... Read More...
Ludacris’ manager, Chaka Zulu, in critical condidtion Chaka Zulu, manager of rap mogul Ludacris, was one of three people shot during a dispute outside Apt4b Atlanta, a Caribbean restaurant and bar that is popular with the industry's elite in Atlanta. One man ... Read More...
