Kanye West is donating a multi-million dollar sum for college savings funds for George Floyd’s daughter, plus legal costs for the Arbery and Taylor families, Billboard can confirm. As the hip-hop star joins street protests in his hometown Chicago, Kanye…
On Thursday night (June 4), nearly 200 people tuned in on Instagram Live to hear co-founder and CEO of 300 Entertainment Kevin Liles discuss systemic racism, police brutality and how he and his company are fighting for change. After opening his Live…
As the protests for justice in the wake of the unlawful death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others at the hands of police continue, stars are using their platforms to promote action. Lizzo took to Instagram on Thursday…
The Task Force for Meaningful Change will be co-chaired by executives Ethiopia Habtemariam and Jeff Harleston Over the weekend, Universal Music Group chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge announced the company would convene a social justice task force in the wake…
NIKE, JORDAN BRAND AND CONVERSE CHOOSE TO “DO THE RIGHT THING” 40 million is a good start. In a time where your highest consumers are in need whats 40 million? A super star quarterbacks signing bonus? I expect more from…
Four more seats will be voted on next year – and every year thereafter. Voting commenced Thursday (June 4) to elect four “trustees at-large” to the Recording Academy’s national board of trustees. Balloting will continue until June 10 at midnight…
After Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker took to the streets of Los Angeles, Calif. Tuesday (June 2) to call for racial justice, the two hit the home recording studio to cover Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name.”…
In a thought-provoking open letter shared exclusively with Billboard, ChocQuibTown’s Gloria “Goyo” Martínez discusses racial injustices and systemic racism in Latin America and the U.S., and the lack of education on the topic in the Latin music industry. While few…
Moneybagg Yo banks a trip to the top 10 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as “1 2 3,” featuring Blac Youngsta, darts 13-9 on the latest list (dated June 6). The single ascends through a 1% boost to 11.7 million…
A special virtual J-pop festival called SING for ONE -Special Live Night- took place Sunday (May 31) on YouTube, with 13 popular acts contributing some of their best past performances for an evening of music shared by viewers staying at…