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Last Wednesday night SiriusXM hosted a secretive party to announce their Dial-Up the Moment campaign.
The Knockturnal covered Matt Maesonβs explosive performance at Brooklyn Steel on October 29th
Issa Rae has officially launched her record label Raedio.
Emotional Oranges are an R&B duo, who go by βVβ and βA.β They like to keep their identities under wraps as to continue their lives with some normalcy, though I imagine that won’t be easy to do as their funky sound reels in more listeners.
Young people from all over NYC, ranging from fourth grade to high school, made the Barclays Center their classroom on Sept. 25th. Instead of school bells and the slams of lockers students listened to advice from NBC The Good Placeβs Jameela Jamil, Disney star Skai Jackson, Aquamanβs Amber Heard, and rapper/actor Super Duper Kyle who performed and spoke on behalf of AXE.
Fall has officially started which means festival season is slowly winding down. But as the warm, summer weather still lingers in these last remaining days of September, festival-goers are still going hard.
Born and bred New Yorker Teyana Taylor represented her city with pride for the McDonaldβs βBeat of My Cityβ concert event this past Saturday. The nationwide tour, held in collaboration with Genius, sets up free shows for fans to see their favorite artists perform in their hometowns, and NYCβs Pier 36 was the first stop to kick everything off.
Atlanta-based music festival One Music Fest took place last weekend in the historical Centennial Olympic Park downtown. Surrounded by some of the cityβs most notable landmarks including the what used to be the largest aquarium in the world, The Georgia Aquarium and the CNN headquarters, the β#1 progressive urban music festβ was a weekend to remember.
I canβt think of anyone more deserving of the Vanguard Award. She has contributed so much to our culture; musically, physically, spirit, mind, body, & soul.