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The BIMA initiative will provide subsidized membership to A2IM as well as networking, mentorship and other opportunities to Black-owned labels and businesses.
The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has announced the fellows for its first-ever Black Independent Music Accelerator (BIMA) program, a fellowship grant initiative benefitting Black voices in the indie music community that was first unveiled in January.
Fellows selected for the 2021 BIMA program are, in alphabetical order: 180 Proof, Art Vs Transit, Build Your Own Dreams, Carnelian Productions, Chaos Club Entertainment, The Clarion Group, Creambridge, Doite Media, Electric Train Records, First One Up, glbl wrmng, Hutton Records, I Am Leven, Jazz Is Dead, JT Entertainment, Lauretta Records, Live TMG, Never Normal Records, Para Music Group, ProSound Media, SaulPaul Productions, Sending You Creative Entertainment, Sonnig Records, SpacedOut Studios Entertainment, Stay Solid Entertainment, Suckas C