She is one of eight women among the academy’s top 17 executives, as listed on its website. Shonda Grant has been promoted to chief people & culture officer at the Recording Academy. She fills the position after Gaetano Frizzi left the…
The morning after a night of protest in downtown Nashville, Matt Stell snuck into the Fleet Street Pub in the city’s Printer’s Alley, occupying the space for 12 hours as he portrayed 13 different characters for the video to “If…
Injury Reserve group member Jordan Groggs passed away, the rap trio confirmed on social media Tuesday (June 30). He was 32. While the death of Groggs remains unknown, Injury Reserve shared a touching caption regarding their fallen star. “REST IN…
Lil Nas X celebrated coming out as gay one year ago today (June 30) before Pride Month officially wrapped. On June 30, 2019, the “Old Town Road” artist shared an animated video of his song “C7osure (You Like)” off his Grammy…
iskwē stunned at the 2020 Juno Awards with a performance of her hit, “Little Star.” The Indigenous singer-songwriter and activist brought delivered the tune in a lush forest, surrounded by her band performing on drum and string instruments. Watch @iskwe…
Natasha Bedingfield unveiled a lot more sunshine than her signature pocketful amount Monday (June 29) for a delightful Billboard Live At-Home performance that raised money for the Black Youth Project (BYP) 100. BYP 100 works to end gender violence in the…
Redeye, the indie distributor based in Hillsborough, N.C., found itself the object of stark public criticism on social media by past employees of color, after proclaiming support for Black Lives Matter on its Facebook page. As a result of that…
Article for HIPHOPSINCE1987 written by Jonathan P-Wright aka The Millennial General As per the Taylor family’s claim, casually dressed cops showed up at Taylor’s condo at around 12:30 a.m. on March 13. Taylor and her beau, Kenneth Walker, were…
Detroit Police Department drove into 10-12 protesters including myself. Multiple people are going to the hospital. #NoJusticeNoPeace #detroitpolice #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTayor #PoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/etj3a6ejzN — Activist Ethan Ketner (@DJEazyTwist) June 29, 2020 A police car in Detroit was seen driving…