ATLANTA – Gearing up for the release of their highly anticipated EP For Motivational Use Only, Grammy® Award-winning producer, songwriter, and rapper, Jermaine Dupri, and New Orleans-based rapper and founder of Jet Life Recordings, Curren$y, unleash a brand-new single entitled “Essence Fest,” available today. Produced by Dupri, the track opens with a booming hip-hop beat with powerful 808s. He follows with a flurry […]
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“Bo Legs”: The Story of An Atlanta Icon Who Helped Transform The City
Bo Legs, a new biographical documentary film tells the story of Marvin Arrington, Sr.’s love for the city of Atlanta, and his impact in transforming it. Born in Atlanta, then a segregated, provincial town of the Deep South, Marvin Arrington, Sr. grew up to help galvanize the city of his birth into the international, cosmopolitan […]
U.S. rapper Nas is leading hip-hop’s 50th anniversary celebrations
By Alicia Powell and Rollo Ross, Reuters – As hip-hop prepares to turn 50 in 2023, U.S. rapper Nas wants to make sure the world understands its history, relevance and influence. Through his company, Mass Appeal, the native New Yorker is spearheading numerous events leading up to the anniversary. On Aug. 11, 1973, Clive Campbell, also known as […]
The 1619 Project Premieres on Hulu January 26th
Hulu’s six-part 1619 Docuseries is an expansion of “The 1619 Project” created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine. The series seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
Comedy Veteran, Pierre, Gets Real About Race in Witty Stand Up Micro-Special HALF/TRUTHS Streaming on HypePlusTV.com
By Edrea Davis — Tired of being misjudged and constantly proving himself in the Black community, biracial comedian and actor, Pierre Edwards (Pierre), speaks his truth in a witty stand-up micro-special on race titled “HALF/TRUTHS.” The thought-provoking film was released last week with the soft launch of Comedy Hype’s new streaming platform, HypePlusTV.com. “HALF/TRUTHS” provides the audience with a […]
ION and Bounce Ring in the Holidays with Five New Original Movies Featuring Vivica A. Fox, Billy Baldwin, Jackee Harry and Tom Arnold
ATLANTA – Scripps Networks today announced a slate of five new original holiday motion pictures to premiere on ION and Bounce, continuing an annual tradition of bringing the best of the holidays to viewers wherever and however they watch television. This year’s new original movies feature familiar faces including Billy Baldwin, Vivica A. Fox, Jackee […]
Byron Allen’s ‘The Grio Television Network’ Launches News Block Featuring Eboni K. Williams And Marc Lamont Hill
LOS ANGELES – Allen Media Group’s African American-focused news, lifestyle, sports and entertainment platform theGrio (www.thegrio.com) is proud to announce the launch of THE GRIO WITH EBONI K. WILLIAMS and THE GRIO WITH MARC LAMONT HILL on Monday, October 24, 2022. The daily two-hour news block from America’s largest Black newsroom will feature critical news […]
Val Demings for U.S. Senate
Long before she would become Orlando’s first female Chief of Police, Val Butler Demings learned from her parents about the American Dream. They didn’t have much: two parents and seven children in a small wood-framed house in Jacksonville. Her mother Elouise Butler worked as a maid; her father James as a janitor, landscaper, and orange […]
The Lady Makers, Starring Jasmine Guy, Premieres in Atlanta July 20th
ATLANTA – The Lady Makers, a film written, produced, and directed by Tony Tite and starring Jasmine Guy, is an inspiring and transformative look into the lives of three elderly Jewish sisters who were appointed by a Judge to house and socially rehabilitate three young women from troubled backgrounds. The Lady Makers will premiere in Atlanta at […]