A little while back, John Legend donated a cool $500,000 to help renovate a theater in Ohio. This Ohio school district is pleased to report that the $2.5 million theater is close to completion and in fact will be done around September. Once the renovations are complete, the theater will be made available for a […]
Category: Urban AC
BET Award Winners From Sunday Night
The BET Awards were quite powerful on Sunday night and we’re here to report the winners and losers of the event. The real winners were the fans as the stars came out in impressive fashion and put on quite the show for us. There were many losers, but even if those nominated didn’t take an […]
Remembering the Passing of Michael Jackson
Over the weekend came a date that many in the music industry will never forget. One June 25 of 2009, one of the best in the business passed away at the age of 50. Yes, we’re talking about Michael Jackson and his tragic passing seven years ago. Michael was an interesting and captivating musician in […]
The Weeknd and Kanye West to Headline Meadows Music and Arts Festival
Founders Entertainment has announced an upcoming festival in Queens, New York that should be a great time to be at and it includes two of our favorites performers in the game right now, The Weeknd and Kanye West. These two will be headlining the event that is currently set for the first two days of […]
Leon Bridges Headed to Music Midtown
The Music Midtown lineup has been released and it has received plenty of good and bad responses. We love it because of the diverse group of artists and bands involved, but many are upset over the lack of Friday entertainment. Music Midtown will be taking place Sept. 17 and 18, starting at noon, but will […]
Spotify’s Huge Milestone
Just recently, Spotify became the first music-streaming service to hit an amazing milestone, 100 million active users! This was confirmed to The Telegraph the other day and is quite astonishing when you think about it. The investment bank GP Bullhound values Spotify at $8.5 billion and with numbers like it has, we’re not surprised. Spotify […]
Alessia Cara’s Next Big Hit?
Alessia Cara has had huge success with her last two releases, “Here” and “Wild Things,” so we’re expecting even more hits to come from her over the next few months. It has just recently been reported that we might know that next hit. On Thursday of this week, Cara will be dropping a collaboration with […]
Alicia Keys and Other Musicians Using Yondr at Their Concerts
Alicia Keys is just one of many musicians who are using the Yondr pouch to help with issues surrounding phones at their concerts. This pouch is an interesting product that has caused issues with fans, but is better than not being able to bring it in or stow it in a locker. Mr. Graham Dugoni […]
Usher Celebrating With the NBA Champs
This past weekend, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Championship and if you were watching the celebration afterwards then you saw a familiar face. That familiar face was Usher and he was living it up with the players on the court! While Usher isn’t from Cleveland, he does have a big reason to root for […]
Jill Scott’s Push to the Number One Spot on Charts
Jill Scott has continued to move up the Mediabase chart for Urban AC music and has done it again this week. She has continued to move up going from five to four this week with her hit, “Can’t Wait.” We can’t wait for him to break the top three and are excited to see if […]