Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) 1215 U Street NW, Washington DC When: The 1920s What: The section of U-Street between 9th St. and 18th St. in Washington, DC came to be known as “Black Broadway” thanks to numerous African-American owned establishments including banks, bowling alleys and dance halls. « PREVIOUS NEXT » In celebration […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) 2121 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70116 When: July 4, 1995 What: The Essence Music Festival debuted in 1995 and is now the largest festival to celebrate African-American contemporary music and culture in the United States. The three day celebration has always been held in New Orleans, […]
Black music means so many things to each of us, but what does it mean to you? Below we have a list with 25 artists who in one way or another represent what is going on in Black Music in 2011. Here is your chance to voice your opinion on who YOU think best represents […]
Imagine physically going to some of the greatest locations in music: Kool Herc’s apartment, Rick Rubin’s dorm, Kanye’s High School, Aretha Franklin’s childhood home. Wild, right?! As part of our Black Music Month celebration in June, we’ve lined up a partnership with Foursquare to help bring a local, real world context to all the great […]
This June, Radio One is harnessing the power of all its properties in a month-long, companywide, synergistic campaign called “It’s All Black Music!” This 360 multi-platform, national promotion was created in celebration of Black Music Month by Radio One’s and Interactive One’s digital core and Radio One’s national web content editorial team. Black music is […]
It’s no secret that with the decline of the music industry’s sales, the Internet has burst open the floodgates seemingly allowing any and everybody to become an artist. People gripe and complain that such easy entry has changed the culture in a negative way, but the silver lining is that Hip Hop’s freedom to become […]
jump — 1. to spring free from the ground, to move suddenly or involuntarily. 2. a form of R&B music that places emphasis on strong rhythm, exciting solo work especially by saxophones, and vocals in a shout-blues manner. R & B (rhythm & blues) – a kind of music developed by African-Americans that combines blues […]
This is when fans of R&B like myself get excited! Let’s talk Marsha Ambrosius. Former floacist, half the duo Floetry, the singer/songwriter is readying her audience for an amazing debut album. To me, her voice is perfectly imperect, in every perfect way. I say this in the sense that her sound hits the ear on a note you […]
Wiznation Family what’s going on? Ya boy Skillz is back again for another Black Music Month lesson! Today on the Dj Spotlight we have Grand Wizzard Theodore. Who is Grand Wizzard Theodore? Theodore Livingston aka Grand Wizzard Theodore is known worldwide for his role in the advancement of turntable manipulation having invented both the “scratch” […]
What’s going on Wiznation family? Ya boy Skillz back again with another Dj spotlight! Black Music Month is still moving on so here is todays lesson. Who is Grandmaster Flash? Your lesson begins now! There are lots of stories about the birth of jazz and the beginning of rock n’ roll, but hip-hop has founding fathers: […]
Did you know that a man named Clive Campbell who was born in 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica is The Father of Hip Hop? Why don’t you? Kool Herc emigrated to the Bronx in 1967 when he was 12 years old. While attending Alfred E. Smith High School he spent a lot of time in the […]
How about we get to know the man behind the ministry and the music today, WizNation crew? Check out this hot video exclusive we just picked up for your viewing pleasure. In light of this weekend’s Joyfest concert, which features the contemporary praise and worship artist, let’s get to know Fred Hammond just a little bit […]
