CHICAGO (Sept. 11, 2007) – Demonstrating her passion to help end the HIV/AIDS crisis in the Black community, television and film star Mo’Nique will host “Fight 4 Life,” a town hall meeting Sunday, September 16 at 3 p.m. at Chicago State University.
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*Straight No Chaser* has announced that it will no longer be printing
thick paper pages containing the best interviews, reviews, articles,
charts and club listings in the scene. SNC will however be embracing
the digital age in some shape or form (to be decided). The news is
bittersweet for all of us who took pleasure in flipping through […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. APRIL 23, 2007 - Hal David, Chairman/CEO of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, today announced that John Legend will be the recipient of the Hal David Starlight Award at the 2007 Awards dinner, slated for Thursday, June 7 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel.
Brooklyn, NY - The criminalization of Hip Hop culture and youth of color have long been intertwined in the school system. Police agencies have begun to develop special units that profile and conduct surveillance of Hip Hop events, artists, and culture. Additionally schools are criminalizing youth of color using law enforcement officials […]
New York, NY April 9, 2007 - Mach 1/TVT Recording Artist Lumidee
has beenname Youth Ambassador for the New York Chapter of the Arthritis
Foundation’s 2007 Arthritis Walk. The annual nationwide event occurs in May during national Arthritis Month,raising funds and awareness to fight arthritis, the nation¹s leading cause of disability. The Manhattan […]
LOS ANGELES, March 2007 -Ford Motor Company continued its commitment to education with the presentation of a $10,000 grant to the F. Gary Gray Filmmakers Workshop: Project Watts at the recent NAACP Hollywood Bureau (NHB) 3rd Annual Symposium. Titled, Who’s Running the Show: Creating Heroes, the symposium featured diverse cast members of the popular television […]
Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), succinctly captured the challenge before the Arts and Culture Leaders Seminar, “It is not so much a clash of civilizations we are dealing with as a clash of ignorance.” Filmmakers, musicians, authors, historians, and artists gathered at the US Islamic World Forum in on […]
HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 5, 2007 - On Saturday March 3, The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), along with title sponsor Chrysler Financial and presenting sponsor Anheuser-Busch, Inc welcomed a capacity crowd of more than 2,700 people to kick off the third annual Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment National Tour at Houston’s Texas Southern University. […]
CHILDREN UNITING NATIONS (CUN) and BILLBOARD, the world’s most trusted source of music, video and digital entertainment news, charts, reviews and analysis, have joined forces to celebrate the Oscars® in style: hosting a series of exciting celebrity filled events during Oscars® weekend.
Ethan Brown, author of the critically acclaimed book Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler, will be offering commentary on the trial of convicted drug lord, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff. Brown will review the trial, offer commentary and analyze documents pertaining to McGriff’s capital murder case. McGriff is […]
Who would have thought that a strange looking White Man spewing the “N” word would overshadow the immediacy of returning two Black journalists to safety. Go figure… While Jesse Jackson is busy helping Mike Richards’ work through his issues, community civil rights activist Najee Ali has detoured to assist in the efforts to bring African […]
(New York, NY - November 28, 2006) - The BLEU Magazine…the most talked about urban alternative lifestyle publication will make history for it’s community with the release of it’s 2nd issue. The Fashion Issue of The BLEU Magazine will pay homage to World Aids Day, by going from BLEU to RED. The slogan […]
CMJ06 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FEATURING OVER 1,000 BANDS
PERFORMING AT 50+ VENUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY
EMERGING MUSIC FROM THE KNIFE, THE CLIPSE, THE DECEMBERISTS,
GIRL TALK, FIGURINES, MEW, CSS, LITTLE ONES, THE WALKMEN, ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, 120 DAYS, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, THE WHIGS AND MANY MORE
New York, NY – October 17, 2006- The Decemberists, Ben Lee, Rooney, The Knife, […]
ABSOLUT® VODKA ANNOUNCES
FIRST NEW FLAVOR OF 2007
ABSOLUT® PEARS Leads the Way for a Year of Enticing and Seductive New
Tastes
NEW YORK, NY (October 10, 2006) – Today, ABSOLUT VODKA announced its
2007 U.S. flavor “line-up,” with Pear-flavored vodka leading the way.
ABSOLUT PEARS, the ninth flavor in the ABSOLUT Flavors portfolio, will
be available nationally on- and off-premise by […]
ELISABETH WITHERS, TONY-NOMINATED STAR OF THE COLOR PURPLE ON BROADWAY,
ANNOUNCES NYC DATES
Elisabeth Withers, already known for her stunning, Tony nominated
performance on Broadway as Shug Avery in The Color Purple, will play
several shows in NYC to promote her upcoming debut release, It Can
Happen to Anyone. Elisabeth started her career singing with the likes
of Mary J. Blige, […]