News

Your name is Premavara, however, your group is also called The Premavara Family. That's correct, and that family currently consists of Eagle (emcee) and Premavara (myself). I’m the producer, singer, beat maker, engineer, and play live instrumentations. We also have...

WORDS BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO PHOTOS BY SUNDIATA ACREE a.k.a. THA SNYPER Jay-Z's departure from Def Jam left Roc-A-Fella up for grabs, so Damon Dash commandeered the label and nominated Curren$y its flagship artist. Recently at the cavernous DD172...

The Future of Television is just about here. A couple of years ago I attended the NATPE (National Association of Television Producers and Executives) conference. This is the industry convention where production companies go to pitch their programs to...

R&B star Lyfe Jennings will shoot the video for his new hit single "Statistics" in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 15. "Statistics" was the #1 most added song at Urban Radio upon impact and in his signature style has...

  It seems as though many artists' marketing tactics these days consists of giving away free music downloads in hopes of getting attention. If you're an artist with this game plan, the problem is that free music alone isn’t going...

(Sponsored press release.) Didorion PRESENTS THE NEW SINGLE: "Tag Along" The founder of the bands Rocksand, Duo Freighter and Deep Blue Eyes now embarks on his solo project "Look at That." Click Here To Listen To The Single: 'Tag Along': Contact Information: Didorion contact@didorion.com (Sponsored press release.)

It was a sad day for me to get confirmatIon on the death of a man who I will continue to call my brother, Keith Elam, better known as Guru of the legendary Gang Starr. From 1988-2004, we experienced so...

It is reported today that the father of Hip Hop and Jazz fusion has died due to complications from his battle with cancer. As the vocalist of one of the most respected teams in Hip Hop, Gangstarr, Guru's voice...

Living in America, we tend to take things for granted; for instance, “Freedom of Speech,” among many of our other liberties. We seem to forget that there are people in other countries that lack many of the freedoms afforded...

For years I’ve been asked by artists and aspiring entrepreneurs about an easy way to succeed in the industry. Typically the question is unwittingly disguised as various queries, including: What’s the best way to get noticed? How do we...