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Pandora’s Board Reinstates Founder Tim Westergren as CEO in Hopes of Greater Profit Margin

As streaming continues to make a huge impact on the music industry, Pandora has not been as fortunate as companies like Spotify. The board thinks former Chief Executive Brian McAndrews, with no music industry experience, was not effective in securing deals with the labels even garnering some criticism from label execs for an offer that he made last year that paid far less than the labels are getting from the other major streaming services. Pandora currently has 80 million subscribers but has been unable to expand the services because it needs to secure licenses from the major labels. […]

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DEREK MINOR PREMIERES A NEW POWERFUL VIDEO “FREE”

Award-winning hip-hop artist Derek Minor debuted the video for his new single “Free” via his blog, www.derekminor.com/blog. The recent murders of several African-Americans by law enforcement including the killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, struck a deep chord inside of Minor. This motivated him to write and produce “Free,” which addresses the violence and disparities in our culture based on race.“Free,” written, produced, and mastered by Minor within just three hours, conveys the anguish he feels inside, pondering the pain and fear of these experiences and troubling times. […]

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Have You Seen the Teaser for Marvel’s Luke Cage?

It is the age of the Black superhero! With Marvel’s Black Panther making his big screen debut in the last Captain American movie, now Marvel has unleashed Luke Cage via Netflix.After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage (Mike Colter) becomes a fugitive who attempts to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City. […]

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Chance the Rapper to Bring Music Festival to Chicago’s South Side

According to the Chicago Tribune, Chance the Rapper is trying to end the summer on smash in his hometown of Chicago. His national tour hits Chicago on September 24th and Chance is bringing a slew of entertainers with him to bless the South Side.Chance doesn’t consider this just a tour date, his camp is calling it the first ever music festival at U.S. Cellular Field on Chicago’s South Side. The “Magnificent Coloring Day” event will feature Chance the Rapper, along with Skrillex, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Tyler the Creator, Lil Wayne and others. […]

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Donald Glover Talks “Atlanta” Being a Great Representation of America

If you haven’t heard, “Atlanta” is an upcoming American semi-autobiographical comedy-drama television series created by and starring Donald Glover. The series is about two cousins navigating their way in the Atlanta rap scene in an effort to improve their lives and the lives of their families. Slated to premiere on FX in September, Glover chopped it up with the Associated Press about the show and what the actual city of Atlanta means to the American culture. […]

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Lupita Nyong”o Shares Awesome Jay Z and Beyoncé Story

The beauty of Lupita Nyong’o is unparalleled but that is not the focus of this particular post but I just wanted to say that. Back to the lecture at hand – Lupita stopped by the jimmy kimmel show to promote her new movie Queen of Kawte but in the process she shares some great Jay-Z and Beyonce stories. Check out the interview below. […]

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