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On Saturday, January 27th, Broadcast Music, Inc. ® (BMI®) presented its annual pre-GRAMMY event How I Wrote That Song® (HIWTS), in partnership with the Apollo Theater, at the legendary performance hall. The audience was treated to an enlightening panel discussion that featured multi-platinum and GRAMMY award-winning music producer Mark Batson, GRAMMY award-winning R&B royalty Faith…
Last week in New York City, Axel Leon, a rapper from the Bronx, held his Private Listening Event at Jimmy’s NYC located in Midtown. The event was hosted by Steve Rifkind of Loud Records in honor of Axel Leon’s latest project Juicus Christ and new mixtape Liv Loud. Press and media filled the room at…
The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that comedy superstar Kevin Hart, 11-time Grammy® Award winner Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D will headline the 2018 NBA All-Star Game entertainment on Sunday, Feb. 18 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The 67th annual game will air live at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and will be seen…
Apple Music is excited to announce STEFFLON DON as the new ‘Up Next’ artist for January 2018. The dancehall/rap artist joins the Apple Music ‘Up Next’ class of artists on the heels of her UK Top 10 single “Hurtin’ Me feat. French Montana,” latest single “Ding-A-Ling feat. Skepta” and a feature on Jax Jones &…
Latoya “Toyz” Rodriguez and Chanel Rae Pettaway have launched their new podcast entitled Our First Time; A Mommy Cast. New moms and best friends Toya and Chanel are marketing and media executives who are looking to share their experiences with today’s mom. Listen now as the moms of two toddlers discuss everything from miscarriages, delivery…
Long Beach Native, and duly dubbed King of B-Boy Soul, DemO, is back and he’s sliding into your DM’s with his latest offering of pure unadulterated soul music with the release of “SoulShowMedia”. The third studio album release from the singer/songwriter/producer and label CEO, is giving Millennials a quick snap chat into the soul of…
Black Renaissance Label is a music production company whose mission is to work for social change in the music industry and society as a whole. Currently, BRL is producing a music project as an outlet for youth to address critical issues impacting our urban communities. Black Renaissance Label’s upcoming music project speaks to the angst…
Tech N9ne is announcing his Tech N9ne’s Planet Tour 2018. Scheduled to run April 17, 2018 through June 23, 2018, Tech N9ne’s Planet Tour 2018 will stop at more than 60 cities and will also feature Krizz Kaliko, Just Juice, Joey Cool and King Iso. The trek is set to launch April 17 in Cedar…