It’s been a whole week since the music business held a “blackout” to discuss measures against racism, in response to the killing of George Floyd and other black victims of police brutality. So where are those measures? “I thought it was a good symbolic gesture, a show of silence,” Chuck Wilson, CEO of indie label Babygrande, tells Rolling Stone — echoing a sentiment held by many in the industry. “Almost like a moment of silence before a big event to recognize this is a big problem.” By and large, the industry has held town halls…
What a week. We know this isn’t hip-hop related but we’d be remiss not to use our platform to address something weighing so heavily on our team and those around us. Staying silent is a guaranteed…
Kiana Ledé has been through a long journey to discover who she really is. It’s a process that has involved child fame and mind-numbing office jobs, but it’s one driven primarily by music, by her…
At the end of 2018, the reggae star Buju Banton returned to Jamaica after almost seven years in a US prison, and Norman Manley international airport was mobbed. His flight was delayed, the chants of…
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