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The most anticipated music concert headlined by Kendrick Lamar finally took place on Dec. 6 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda. The event was the first part of a large-scale touring festival that is intended to expand across the African continent in the coming years until 2028. Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s company, pgLang, […]
‘We make music that moves us’: Black Pumas aren’t taking success for granted Toronto Star Source link
The naked star of the rock band’s 1991 album cover claims ‘permanent harm’ and child pornography. A United States court has revived a lawsuit accusing the rock band Nirvana of publishing child pornography by using a photograph of a naked four-month-old baby on the cover of its hit 1991 album Nevermind. The 9th US Circuit […]
Despite the fact that most of jazz’s major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, critics, and authors have been and continue to be white men. No major mainstream jazz publication has ever had a black editor or publisher. Ain’t But a Few of Us presents over two dozen candid dialogues […]
One thing we can all agree on at this point is that African music is a global powerhouse. From TikTok “For You” pages, to festivals and dance floors across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the rest of the world, African music is showing up and delivering all the vibes. Recently, African music has grown […]
In the 1970s the UK reggae capital wasn’t Birmingham or even London, it was Huddersfield. It’s hard to imagine now but many of the stars of Jamaica’s world-famous reggae and sound system scene played the town, specifically one venue: ‘Venn Street’. The West Indian Social Club, on Venn Street, started its life as The Empress […]
Music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been accused of forcing his ex-girlfriend R&B legend Cassie to order male prostitutes with ‘large black penises’ to fulfil his voyeurism fantasies. She filed a . . .
R&B legend Cassie filed a lawsuit in Manhattan’s Federal District Court on Thursday and accused Sean ‘ Diddy ‘ Combs of rape and repeated physical abuse She claimed he forced her to have sex with multiple male prostitutes while he watched, masturbated and recorded Cassie was allegedly required to dress up in lingerie, wear white nail polish […]
The rap musician and activist Killer Mike has taken to the stage in London, for a series of shows – his first in the UK for more than a decade. The Grammy award winning star, whose real name is Michael Render, rose to fame as part of the group, Run the Jewels. But as well […]
On a crisp Thursday morning hours before Desire Marea’s performance at the Transform Festival in Leeds, England, earlier this month, the South African songwriter sat in Kirkstall Valley Nature Reserve, communing with his Zulu ancestors. It’s a practice he honed through his training as a sangoma, a traditional spiritual healer, and it is essential to […]