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YouTube Music Gives Update on $100 Million Black Voices Fund Jem Aswad, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Last June, YouTube launched a $100 million #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund in an effort to help equip Black musicians with the resources and support to enable them to “thrive and invest in work that amplifies the voices, perspectives and stories of all Black artists around the world,” according to the announcement. The company has provided periodic updates on aspects of the program, and on Wednesday, unveiled a report on the progress its music efforts have made over the past year in multiple cities and countries, which are recapped below. ....
Screenshot: YouTube Soul, man it’s what drives music as a whole. As with all things, music adapts to what’s current, already going on. In recent years, the concept of the genre has transformed into whatever a specific artist identifies with, whether that’s the backing tracks, lyrics or melodies, soul has become a much more approachable genre. Neo-soul, a sub-genre launched in the mid-‘90s, is influenced by funk, punk, jazz and hip hop, moving away from its musical counterpart, R&B. Nearly 30 years later, “neo” isn’t so new anymore, but even still, it seems like alternative R&B artists such as Noname, Masego and Smino are continuing to shift towards the neo soul genre. ....
Netflix Sets The Irregulars Premiere Date (TV News Roundup) Haley Bosselman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail RENEWALS Holey Moley” for third and fourth seasons. Rob Riggle and Jeannie Mai and executive producer and resident golf pro Stephen Curry. The upcoming seasons feature talented putters of all ages from across the U.S. who will compete on an unparalleled, epic obstacle golf course in an attempt to win The Golden Putter trophy and coveted plaid jacket. The season finale brings back winners from each episode to go head-to-head for a cash prize. Eureka Productions and More from Variety March 4. The documentary dives into the United States’ obsession with personality testing and the history behind the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, all the while uncovering the questionable ethics of how personality tests impact our lives. One interviewee sums up the issue in the trailer, which you can watch below, as: “Personality tests are ab ....
Skip to main content Jay-Z, Nipsey Hussle Collab Joins Golden Globe-Nominated H.E.R. on Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album A.D. Amorosi, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail A week after guitarist-composer H.E.R.’s era-appropriate “Fight for You” was nominated for a 2021 Golden Globes Award for best song in a motion picture, the full track list for the soundtrack to “Judas and the Black Messiah” has been revealed. “Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album” drops this Friday, Feb. 12 via the Six Course Music Group together with RCA Records. Executive produced by Hit-Boy (who appears on the new album with “Broad Day”), director-writer Ryan Coogler, Interscope’s VP of A&R Dash Sherrod and RCA Records SVP of marketing Archie Davis, the “Inspired” package features the first-ever collaboration between the late Nipsey Hussle and today’s freshly-anointed Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee, Jay-Z, on the song, “What It Feels ....