Black Music Month
Let’s Talk About The Female Rappers Who Shaped Hip-Hop
In the early days of hip-hop, female rappers were essential to the genre’s biology, unapologetically detailing their experiences of the world they lived in.
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News1 year agoWatch YG’s Powerful New Protest Video For ‘FTP’
“The real story here is me and Black Lives Matter brought out 50,000 people today to peacefully protest and unite for change…That is history”.
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Features1 year ago
Motown And Politics: From Dancing To Marching In The Street
The relationship between Motown and politics runs deep. At the heart of it was great music and a commitment to changing the world.
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News1 year ago
Ziggy Marley, Warren Haynes Added To Rescheduled Apollo Benefit
Tonight’s ‘Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit to Support the Apollo Theater’ will feature a cross-generational line-up of talent, including Kool & The Gang, Gary Clark Jr, and Dionne Warwick.
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News1 year ago
Kool & The Gang, Gary Clark Jr Among Performers At Apollo Benefit
‘Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit to Support the Apollo Theatre’ kicks off Black Music Month with remote performances from a cross-generational lineup.
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Features2 years ago
How Motown Broke Racial Barriers Like No Other Record Label
In the way its music was presented and the universal themes its artists sang of, Motown broke racial barriers to move everyone, no matter their skin colour.
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Features2 years ago
20 Songs Bringing Conscious Hip-Hop Back
Hip-hop has always been politically charged, but with racial and social divisions becoming ever more fractured, conscious hip-hop is making a return.
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Features2 years ago
“You Have No Choice But To Be Relevant”: Robert Glasper Talks ‘Collagically Speaking’
Robert Glasper talks about R+R=NOW’s debut album, ‘Collagically Speaking’, and why it’s rare to be “so good at what you do but with no ego”.
