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By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
February 2, 2021
Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
Local rapper Red Shaydez serves as artistic development director for The Hip Hop Transformation, an organization that mentors youth interested in the music industry.
The Hip Hop Transformation (THHT), a youth organization co-led by local rap artist Red Shaydez, will partner with the Lower Mills Branch of the Boston Public Library over the next month for the Teen Music Maker Showdown, a musical event series and statewide competition for teens. Starting on Friday, Feb. 5, and continuing through Feb. 25, Massachusetts residents ages 13-18 are encouraged to submit self-produced music tracks to be evaluated by a panel of judges from The Hip-Hop Transformation (THHT), ICA Teens, the Clubhouse Network, the BPL, and more. Three eligible winners will receive a commission opportunity to produce new music for the library, along with Visa gift cards.
In seven songs, these Boston artists gave voice to resistance, persistence, and Black joy
By Hassan Ghanny Globe correspondent,Updated December 23, 2020, 1:36 p.m.
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A woman listens to a speaker during a Mass Action Against Police Brutality demonstration in Boston in September.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
The renowned nun, artist, and one-time Boston resident Sister Corita opined that art âdoes not come from thinking, but from responding.â Music exemplifies this notion. Call-and-response is ubiquitous at a live concert, a church sermon, or a New Orleans funeral procession, and the music it produces is one enriched by both human participation and rhythmic syncopation. 2020 delivered a call to action for Boston-based musicians to persist through resistance â and luckily for us, even grow artistically. Whether the conversation falls on communities of color, persons affected by state violence, or those disenfranchised by the current political system, the
Rapper BIA takes top prize at Boston Music awards
Medford rapper BIA was named the Boston Music Awards Artist of the Year. BIA, whose new album, “For Certain,” dropped today, was the top of an eclectic lineup of Massachusetts artists who won awards, including Brockton rapper Saint Lyor, who won New artist of the Year, indie artist Squirrel Flower who won Breakthrough Artist of the Year, the band Ballroom Thieves, which won album of the year for “Unlovely,” and Cliff Notez & Dephrase, who won song of the year for their collaboration with Latrell James, “Voodoo Doll.”
Usually, there s a concert and awards ceremony to celebrate the Boston Music Awards, but this year, because of the pandemic, the awards were simply announced online. The first round of nominations for awards is made by music industry professionals, including past winners and nominees, and the second round of voting is open to the public.