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Culture Spread: Malc Fisher, Just An Entertainer Featured Interviews 

Culture Spread: Malc Fisher, Just An Entertainer

More often than not, you hear the story about the guy that made it and you’re inspired. That inspiration lasts for a few moments and then you’re either distracted or discouraged. You get bogged down with everyday life. Or, you start to tell yourself that the circumstances are too different for you to follow old blueprints to success Malc Fisher has a new blueprint. Malc Fisher isn’t just making it. He’s making it happen. With all his projects and accolades, it’s hard to place him in a box and it’s…

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Culture Spread: Savon Bartley, Poet, Writer & Educator Featured Interviews 

Culture Spread: Savon Bartley, Poet, Writer & Educator

Hip-hop seeped its way into the life of a north Chicago kid raised in a home where Kirk Franklin cuts where the closest thing to rap in rotation. Now a young adult, and a poet, the same Chicago kid has seeped his way into classrooms in Trenton, NJ, NYC and surrounding areas. Savon Bartley is a full-time poet that spends some of his time working as a teaching artist. Contracted by non-profit organizations like Urban Word NYC, Bartley uses his love for poetry and hip-hop to connect with students from…

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“808: The Movie” is a must-see music documentary Featured Music The Biz 

“808: The Movie” is a must-see music documentary

808: The Movie is now available for streaming on Apple Music. The music documentary, narrated by Zane Lowe, first made it’s appearance during the 2015 SXSW festival. Now, you can stream it exclusively from Apple Music’s music video section. The documentary highlights the impact of the 808 drum machine across music genres. It begins with the Japanese engineer who founded Roland and manufactured the Roland 808 in 1980. With interviews from people like Afrika Bambaataa, Diplo, Beastie Boys, Questlove and Phil Collins, the documentary takes you on a literal ‘journey…

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Why so many popular R&B artists sound like Bryson Tiller Featured Music 

Why so many popular R&B artists sound like Bryson Tiller

It’s not your imagination. Lately, most hot new music gives us the Bryson Tiller vibe. In fact, I told you back in February that he was on almost every R&B, Hip-Hop and Pop playlist I could get my hands on at the time. While he had great foresight in naming his album, T R AP S O U L, I won’t dare suggest that the sound is solely his creation. We must give credit to the other talented gentlemen making waves—Tory Lanez, Russ and 6lack. There are also some dope…

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What would President Obama Sing? Seriously? (Video) Featured Music 

What would President Obama Sing? Seriously? (Video)

WWOS- What would Obama Sing? By now, we all know that I’m a podcast junkie. Recently, I listened to a recent episode of This American Life and heard this very dope song, “Seriously.” The podcast is famous for enlisting talented people to create songs related to their episodes. For Episode 599, they asked singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles to write a song from the perspective of President Obama. Few people would argue that the current Presidential Election resembles a Mona Scott Young production. Many of us have anxiety about the fate of our…

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How to decorate your home like a hip-hop museum for next to nothing Featured The Life 

How to decorate your home like a hip-hop museum for next to nothing

By now, most people have figured out that you can make your home look like one of those staged Home-O-Rama mini-mansions without hemorrhaging your savings. This is true, even if you’re not crazy about the Country Living, Pinterest-inspired look. Hip-Hop heads and music lovers, in general, can turn their home into the Smithsonian of music for much less than you think. When decorating on a budget, there’s one thing you must be prepared to do: HUNT. There are plenty of goodies out there, but you have to be dedicated to…

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