Philly’s Power 99 “Rise & Grind and Get Married” iHeartMedia Philadelphia’s Power 99 FM, Philadelphia’s Hip Hop and R&B, will celebrate love for the third year by hosting a “Rise & Grind and Get Married” wedding ceremony. On March 24, 2023, ... Read More...
Philly’s WDAS & Power 99 to Support “Philly VAX Jawn” Pop-up Vaccination Clinic Powered by Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium and the Philadelphia Department of Health, Initiative Aims to Make the COVID-19 Vaccines Available for Communities with Low Vaccination Rates WHAT: &n... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape: Artists Issues The creation of black music departments meant bigger advances, larger recording budgets, more coordinated national promotion, and better royalty rates. However, artists still didn’t own their masters, meani... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape: Is It Black or Urban Radio? Since its invention in the 1940s black oriented radio had been the chief vehicles for promoting all forms of black music, from R&B to jazz, gospel to funk. For much of its history these stations had bee... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape: R&B World Circa 1979 & the Black Music Association If you had no skin in the game, were not even conceived or simply wish to help yourself…..read…take notes and read more while remembering that what you are about to read IS history. Thank you, Nelson Georg... Read More...
Announcing Black Music City: Showcasing and Supporting Metro Philadelphia Black Artists It’s no secret that Philadelphia’s Black music community has a rich history — its influential legacy has reached far beyond our city. But it’s historically been more difficult for Black artists to access fu... Read More...
Jay-Z responds to Philly Mayor regarding Made In America Festival The Made in America festival is a multicultural platform that represents strength, freedom of speech, and perseverance for artists and music lovers. Philadelphia, an iconic city, represents those ideals. The lo... Read More...
WDAS, Power 99 and Smooth Jazz ‘JJZ Announce the Inaugural Philadelphia Sista Strut 3K Breast Cancer Walk WDAS FM, Philly's Best R&B & Throwbacks, Power 99, Philadelphia's Hip Hop and R&B, and Smooth Jazz ‘JJZ 1480 will hold its inaugural Sista Strut 3K Breast Cancer Walk on Saturday, June 17 at Xfinity... Read More...
Are You Ready For YouTube TV? YouTube TV, the new online TV service from the Google-owned OTT giant, went live Wednesday in a handful of markets – New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Bay Area, Chicago and Philadelphia -- with more U.S. cit... Read More...
Group Sues Sony Over Royalties If you have a certain memory of hearing the TSOP “Soul Train” theme song as a beckoning to stop whatever you were doing and run to the TV or watching your sister and her BFF’s lip syncing “When Will I See You A... Read More...
