By Katie Rogers, NYTimes.com – The BET Awards Sunday featured tributes to Prince and Muhammad Ali, and a performance by Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar. But this year, the actor Jesse Williams commanded the spotlight with an impassioned speech calling for an end to police killings, racial inequality and cultural appropriation. His was far from the […]
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Vivica A. Fox to Host 2016 DNC Watch Party Celebrating the Black Vote
Philadelphia, PA – Actress, producer and businesswoman, Vivica A. Fox, will join chair of the Darby County PA Democratic Party, Richard Womack Jr, to host the DogonVillage.com’s 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC) Watch Party complete with dinner, dancing, DJ, and live performance by Grammy winner, Howard Hewett, and soulful jazz vocalist, LaTosha Brown. Themed, Celebrating […]
New Erykah Badu-Directed Video From The New Album of Miles Davis Recordings Reimagined by Robert Glasper – EVERYTHING’S BEAUTIFUL
New York, NY – Longtime friends, collaborators and Grammy-winning musicians Erykah Badu and Robert Glasper have teamed up again for the track & video for “Maiysha (So Long)”, from new album Everything’s Beautiful–the visionary exploration of Miles Davis’ music, featuring reimagined interpretations of his music produced by Glasper. The track’s lyrics were written by Badu, […]
Ohio Rapper Donny Arcade Snags Layzie Bone of Bone Thugz-N-Harmony for Conscious Feature
Cleveland, OH – Donny Arcade is a rapper known for his conscious approach to the art form known as hip hop and rap. He takes messages from the past and ties them lyrically with concepts of ancient Egyptian characters making for a history lesson and very feel good music. Which is something this world could […]
Barbra Streisand To Release “ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway” Album August 26th
New York, NY – On the heels of her first appearance at The Tonys since 1970, Columbia Records has announced Barbra Streisand’s “ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway” album will debut on August 26th, 2016, featuring 10 new Streisand duets of Broadway classics with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. The inspired new musical pairings […]
Bounce TV to Air Muhammad Ali Procession and Memorial Service Live, Uninterrupted and Commercial-Free on Friday
Atlanta, GA – Bounce TV will carry Muhammad Ali’s farewell procession through the streets of Louisville and his memorial service live, uninterrupted and commercial-free this Friday, June 10. Bounce TV’s coverage will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET with the procession, which will take Ali on a final journey through his beloved hometown of Louisville, passing […]
Celebrity Manager Theodore ‘Ted’ Myles Terry Celebrates Success of ‘Turn Me Loose,’ the Theatrical Performance Starring Joe Morton Honoring Civil Rights Icon Dick Gregory
Los Angeles, CA – Theodore “Ted” Myles Terry, a Hollywood celebrity manager and former radio disc jockey, is celebrating the success of his brainchild, Turn Me Loose, a one-man biographical adaptation of the life and times of Dick Gregory, the critically acclaimed master comedian, social/civil rights activist and humanitarian. Terry has been an integral part […]
The Greatest of All Time, Muhammad Ali, Dead at 74
By By Kevin Iole, Yahoo – Muhammad Ali, the eloquent, colorful, controversial and brilliant three-time heavyweight boxing champion who was known as much for his social conscience and staunch opposition to the Vietnam War as for his dazzling boxing skills, died Friday. He was 74. Once the most outrageous trash talker in sports, he was […]
Actress Vivica A. Fox and R&B Balladeer Howard Hewett to Highlight 2016 DNC Watch Party Celebrating the Black Vote
Philadelphia, PA – The city of Brotherly Love will declare more than liberty on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 when a convergence of trendsetters, elected officials, labor and civil rights leaders descend upon the city and partake in the DogonVillage.com 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC) Watch Party. Heralded as the ‘must attend’ side event of the […]