Snapchat Wants To Attract “Urban” Users
Snap wants to cater its application for an urban snapchat users audience who listen to hip-hop and R&B, according to Forbes. Snap, the parent company of ... Read More...
Music
Models Have Other Talents Too
By Aijee Evans (the cellist/model) I am a model, performing cellist and an architecture student. I have been playing music since I was 5 years old, starting... Read More...
Aretha Franklin Earns Posthumous Pulitzer Prize
Aretha Franklin is now a Pulitzer Prize winner. On Monday, The Queen of Soul earned a special citation prize "for her indelible contribution to American mus... Read More...
Come Celebrate Black History Month With US!
Nu Origins Magazine, TotalBlackTV, Origin Directory, and the Marcus Garvey Cultural Club will be hosting a Black History Month Celebration, on March 2nd at th... Read More...
An Artist For Every Month Of The Year
In 2018, we saw the rise and fall of some of our favorite artists. From the discovery of Burna Boy's 'Ye' as people searched for Kanye West's similarly titled... Read More...
Shacar:Artist Of The People
By Aten Ra Style Shacar is a 24-year old Brooklyn based musician. At a young age, the Florida native discovered his passion for the performing arts. As soo... Read More...
Missy Elliott the First Female Rapper Inducted to Songwriters Hall of Fame
Missy Elliott has officially been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The honor will make her the first Hip Hop female artist to receive it. Elliott... Read More...
Control Tackles #MeToo in the Music Industry
What are you doing with your voice? Control boldly answers that question for those who refuse to be silenced. Control, whose title is lifted from the iconi... Read More...
Ray Blk’s ‘Run Run’ Perfectly Encapsulates the Trauma in Britain’s Inner Cities.
If you’re British and have been living or just surviving in the inner cities of Britain, you’ve been waiting for a moment to capture the constant state of nervo... Read More...
Aretha Franklin’s Soul Was Felt In The Fabric Of Hip-Hop
The genesis of Hip-Hop as a genre of music stems from antique record players and vintage vinyl records. A milk crate’s worth. Lots of milk crates. The golden ag... Read More...
Hip-Hop Legend, Craig Mack, dies at 46
Legendary rapper and one of the first to lay the foundation for Bad Boy Records, Craig Mack, has passed away at the age of 46 of heart failure in his South Caro... Read More...
Is Bruno Mars Guilty of Being a Cultural Appropriator?
In a word, yes. If we were to go by the definition used in our society, Bruno Mars does fit the description. Mars adapts/borrows/steals elements from Black musi... Read More...
DJ Amazin Discusses His Plans For His Business Deauxp House
After returning to the United States from a successful world tour with the late rapper Lionel Pickens (AKA Chinx), the murder of his friend and mentor has... Read More...
St.Beauty’s LP Takes Us On a High while Running To The Sun
St. Beauty debuted their LP “Running to the Sun,” putting them on the map as one of the hottest new and official girl groups hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. The ... Read More...
