Akon, the top-selling ringtone artist of all time, is building a futuristic city in Senegal that will trade exclusively in Akoin: a cryptocurrency named after himself. If you have been away from the news for a while, yes, this…
Read moreJun 24 2018
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Akon, the top-selling ringtone artist of all time, is building a futuristic city in Senegal that will trade exclusively in Akoin: a cryptocurrency named after himself. If you have been away from the news for a while, yes, this…
Read moreJul 14 2016
A Nigerian DJ has broken the world record for the longest ever DJ set. Earlier this month, DJ Obi completed a 240-hour marathon on the decks at a Lagos cafe, smashing the previous record of 200 hours set in Dublin…
Read moreJun 10 2016
The Other Festival is bringing major girl power to New York. Billed as the “first all-female festival,” the one-day event is loaded with panels from female entrepreneurs followed by a concert series of all female acts.
The festival’s founder, Dee…
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Ms. Lauryn Hill has launched a three-day series of music and art events celebrating the African Diaspora. The former Fugees singer inaugurated Diaspora Calling with a private art gallery at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre, which opens to the public on 4/14…
Read moreMar 23 2016
A play about comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory will open off-Broadway this spring starring Joe Morton and with an original song by John Legend. "Turn Me Loose," by Gretchen Law will play the Westside Theatre starting May 3…
Read moreMar 15 2016
Sony is set to buy out the Michael Jackson estate’s half stake in the Sony/ATV song catalogue for $750 million. The total “includes a lump sum payment by SCA of approximately $733 million as well as distributions previously committed to…
Read moreMar 7 2016
Ryan Leslie gave every fan his phone number. It’s (915) 600-6978. But instead of a million unwanted phone calls, it’s making him money and giving him deeper intelligence about his listeners than anyone in the music business. That’s why A16z’s…
Read moreJan 29 2016
Unless you’ve been totally hidden from society you have probably seen or heard about the Flint Water Crisis. A systematic poisoning of an entire city in Flint, Michigan via the negligence and out right disregard of the water delivered to…
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History was made with DJ Con back on Nov 19, 2015 in Harlem, New York when 125 DJ's rocked on125th Street at the Apollo Theatre. It was sponsored by The 125th St. Business Improvement District. If you missed it don't…
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