Artist Interviews

The ‘rolling out’ 10 with Marwan (Soulflow)

Fresh off his burgeoning hit song “Eternally” being added to Sirius XM’s “Heart & Soul,” in addition to continuous play on Chicago’s V-103, D.C.’s,  WHUR, 106

Turntable Tuesdays: DJ M. Elle

A music aficionado long before she took up theones and twos, DJ M. Elle credits her family for igniting the spark inside her. Her grandfather

Turntable Tuesdays: Shannon ‘DJ Skip’ Syas

Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas has gained worldwide acclaim as a dance music producer, remixer, promoter and DJ. The Chicago native’s first record, “Traxx My Stylez,” was

Gospel star Adia spreads spirituality with a personal perspective

Adia has a personality and a sound that stand out. Having grown in Illinois and now living in Alabama, she’s one of the new faces of gospel music and she’s carving out a place for herself in the genre by recording music that’s as personal as it is uplifting.

Joyner Lucas: ‘A lot of artists are afraid to be themselves’

Joyner Lucas is a straightforward guy. But not in a way that makes him across abrasive or arrogant–he’s clear-headed about his vision. The Worcester, Massachusetts native knew from virtually the moment he began putting words together as a toddler that he wanted to put words together as an emcee. With a father that was a hip-hop producer, it became evident fairly quickly that young Joyner would take the way of rhyme.

Songbird Brianna Colette wants to ‘take you on a journey’

Brianna Colette is a vivacious singer with a style and voice so distinctive, it grabs you at first listen and burns itself into your consciousness. Both coy and confident, Colette’s soulful sound has made her one of the leaders of R&B and soul’s new school. The southern girl (she grew up in both Tennessee and Virginia) didn’t decide to pursue singing full time until she was in her late teens, but she was bitten by the entertainer bug far earlier in life.

ScribeCash Is In The Building

ScribeCash, the multitalented, California-bread female emcee, has just premiered her new video “Never Breaking Up” feat. TreVante on BET’s 106 & Park on last Thursday.

Alexis Ayaana ready to take center stage

Alexis Ayaana is a young, up-and-coming Atlanta recording artist with a dynamic future ahead of her. She is on the independent label GME. Ayaana talked

August Alsina: ‘We don’t need two Chris Browns’

August Alsina isn’t the stereotypical contemporary R&B star. The New Orleans native doesn’t just sing about romantic love and loss, he sings story songs about his hardscrabble upbringing and the street lifestyle he’s seen in his city. And for the 21-year old Def Jam artist, he’s happy to do something that sets him apart from the pack of current R&B mainstays.