Artcha – AVALANCHE ft. Benny Bizzie
This song was born out of the need to provide a service to people who are frustrated, feel trapped and cannot see an end to the tunnel. Avalanche is the soundtrack to our pain but also our freedom in mind,…
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46 Black-Run Electronic Dance Labels You Can Support
This week has been hard for anyone with a working soul. The black population in the United States and beyond has taken a strong stand against police violence, only to be met with more unbridled brutality. Here are Billboard Dance, we owe…
Strictly Discs in Wisconsin, in a Pandemic: 'I Try to Remind Myself Everything is a Small Step Towards Progress'
With protests roiling the city of Madison, the record store made a show of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. In October 1988, Angie Roloff and her husband Ron opened Strictly Discs in Madison, Wisconsin, after Ron left a…
Lady Gaga Scores UK's Year Best Opening Week
Lady Gaga lands the biggest opening week for any artist on the U.K. album chart in 2020 as Chromatica (Interscope/Universal) debuts at No. 1. Chromatica records 53,000 combined units to become her fourth U.K. No. 1 album. The Official Charts…
Ice T & Bruce Hornsby Love Protesters Dancing To Tupac
There haven’t been many bright moments over the past week, during which Pres. Trump threatened to send the military to quell protests in American cities and endless footage of police hitting protesters with batons and “less-lethal” rubber bullets have filled…
Kanye West Is the Highest-Paid Musician in the World
On Thursday (June 4), Forbes announced the 2020 edition of its annual Celebrity 100 list and revealed Kanye West as the world’s highest-paid musician. Clocking in with 2020 earnings of $170 million, the rapper ranks at number two, just behind…
Drakeo The Ruler shares lyric video!
Facing his own battle with the deeply flawed and racist criminal justice system, Drakeo The Ruler is currently pending retrial for a crime for which he was already acquitted. Last week, Drakeo announced an 18-track mixtape recorded through a prison phone over the span of two…
D Smoke Black Music Month 2020 Playlist
This year, Black Music Month takes a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every…
Cardi B Fires Back at News Anchor Over Black Lives Matter Comments
The reporter has since offered a public apology to the rapper. Cardi B had some harsh words Tuesday (June 2) for a reporter who took her words out of context in regards to the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests. The…
Musicians Protesting George Floyd's Death
While many artists have shared their outrage over George Floyd’s death on social media by demanding justice against the police officers responsible, urging an end to racism, making donations and more, some are leaving their homes to speak out in…