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BET executive Sam Walker reflects on 2 decades in the business
For over 20 years, Sam Walker has been an integral part of programming at BET.…
J Dilla pays homage to Detroit on posthumous release ‘Motor City’
The year 2017 has been a great one for music releases. From Big Sean dropping I…
Salaam Remi reflects on collaborating with Amy Winehouse
During Remy Martin’s “The Producers’ Series” Semi-Final in New York City, superproducer Salaam Remi talked about how he met the late Amy Winehouse and how working with great artists makes for great producers
Cynthia Nixon’s ‘Rasheeda Speaking’ looks at racism in the office
Presented by The New Group, “Rasheeda Speaking” pushes buttons and plays with its perspective, but mostly hits it’s targets when examining how the relationship between two women who are “friendly but not friends”
Warren G and Dr. Dre to work together on ‘Straight Outta Compton’ soundtrack?
Rapper/producer Warren G, like any fan of West Coast hip-hop, is excited about Straight Outta Compton, the N.W.A. biopic currently being directed by F. Gary Gray. Of course, Warren is the younger brother of N.W.A. alumnus Dr. Dre, and Warren recently spoke to XXL about the film’s soundtrack and shared that he hopes to work on the music with his older brother.
Wiz Khalifa and Yelawolf’s Producer Brings Power to Hip-Hop Music
Will Power decided to start his own record label in 1998 and release a compilation…
Kanye West says he wasn’t feeling Biggie’s beats for ‘Juicy’ or ‘Big Poppa’
At this point, Kanye West may be making outlandish comments in his many interviews just…
Swizz Beatz addresses LOX reunion, still believes in DMX
Producer Swizz Beatz was a major part of Ruff Ryders’ success, and he spoke recently about whether or not the label’s biggest group, the LOX, would be reuniting to work on a project.
Silver Spoon Brun explains how family ties helped his songwriting
Silver Spoon Brun had all of the resources at his fingertips to become involved in the music business. His uncle, Grammy winning producer/engineer Corey Rooney, was crafting hits for superstar artists, and the young boy from Queens began to pay more attention to what his uncle and his famous friends were up to. “I’d been watching my uncle doing music around great artist like Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige. I just fell in love with that at a young age.”