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FM Talent Source LLC (FM Talent), based in Silver Spring, Maryland, recently became recognized as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) by the Small Business Administration. Now valued at $15 million, this strategic business solutions enterprise is a professional services firm that provides management consulting services in the areas of financial management, grant management and human…
Today, we released our special Women’s Month issue, curated by Dakari Eli @DakariEli, executive editor and host of The Bigger Picture podcast. The beautiful Amara La Negra of Love & Hip Hop graces the cover with a wide range of features including Black Girls Rock! founder Beverly Bond, Stephanie Charles from The Paynes, spiritual leader…
Jay-Z and Beyoncé are joining forces for the newly announced OTR II stadium tour. Kicking off Wednesday, June 6th in Cardiff, UK, the international outing will stop in 15 cities across the UK and Europe and 21 cities in North America. The full itinerary can be found below. The tour is presented by Live Nation…
Nigerian singer/songwriter Marenikae has been leaving audiences awestruck by her captivating and powerfully raw live show performances, and now as she prepares to release her debut album “Ajebutter” this Nubian pop star is ready for the world to get a new perspective on everything they thought they knew about Millennial Nigerian women. Marenikae will be…
Compton native and renowned film director Ava DuVernay invited students from her hometown to #WrinkleInCompton, an advance screening of her upcoming Disney film A Wrinkle in Time coming to theaters March 9, 2018. Since the city of Compton does not have movie theater of its own, Ava wanted to give the students from Compton a real movie…
Iyanla Vanzant is back and begins the season this Saturday at 9pm ET/PT on OWN like you’ve never seen before. In her most explosive episode ever, she works with Kamiyah Mobley, a young girl who was kidnapped at birth and raised by a woman who was not her mother. Today, that woman is in jail,…
Uptown Ventures Group, the parent company of UPTOWN Magazine, celebrated “Women Directors in Television and Film” at its annual, black-tie, invitation-only “Uptown Honors Hollywood” pre-Oscar gala on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in Los Angeles. The magazine doled out accolades to history maker Dee Rees for her Oscar nomination on Netflix’s critically-acclaimed film, “Mudbound.” She is the first African-American…
On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, the “A” in ATL stood for one thing, A-List! Hip-hop’s renaissance man, Big Boi, NBA Baller Theo Ratliff, and USA Network hosted a private advanced screening of “Unsolved: The Murders Of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.” at Ratliff’s sprawling Atlanta estate. The invitation-only screening was a lavish, intimate event attended…