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Ryan Leslie makes no bones about it. He loved his time as a student at Harvard University. Having graduated the Ivy League university at 19 with honors, he knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. Working for himself has always been his preference. “I was also a hustler at Harvard when I was there. I did…

Rolling out introduces its inaugural tech summit, Rolling Out Innovation Digital Entertainment (RIDE) conference. The two-day event will host progressive thought leaders. BLERDS, Afro-Bohos, artists and artisans, moguls, authors and auteurs will convene on Sept. 22 and 23, 2017, in Atlanta at the Loudermilk Conference Center located downtown at 40 Courtland Street. We’re tackling some…

Riding in the success lane will allow you to fulfill your dreams during the time that you have on this Earth. The trail of success left by songwriters and athletes, whether it’s winning a Grammy or the Super Bowl, and it’s easy to track those kinds of accomplishments. Jay-Z dropped his 4:44 album and the industry exploded…

Ryan Leslie is finding new ways to inspire the hip-hop community to become more aware of the importance of technology. Leslie recently served as the keynote speaker at the Beyond the Mic summit presented by ONE Music Fest. Jay Carter moderated the event which allowed Leslie to discuss music, technology, and his latest project, SuperPhone.…

Kimberly Denise Jones, aka Lil’ Kim, started her music career in 1995 with Junior M.A.F.I.A. Over the course of her career, she’s made some awesome celeb friends. Lil’ Kim posted the above photo, “Brooklyn!!!!! @myfabolouslife #soultape3 out now! #hardcoremixtape up next!!!” Hit the gallery to check out Kim Kardashain, Paris Hilton and more celebs with Lil’…

At this point in time, pretty much everyone knows that the music industry is not as financially viable as it once was. In the 1990s, an artist could release a single from an album, then the full-length album, then a remix album, then a live version of the album, and expect all of them to…

Grammy-nominated musician Ryan Leslie has been touring the world with his short documentary, Black Mozart, a series of behind-the-scenes clips from the creation of his latest album of the same name.

NYC’s own alternative R&B crooner, Ro James, is the latest artist to be featured in Apple Soho’s Meet the Musician series, as he did earlier last week, Wednesday. The 28-year-old, who’s originally from Jamaica Queens, N.Y., participated in a Q-and-A with radio personality K. Foxx and members of the audience in which he explained his…