Windel Beneto Edwards, better known by his stage name Gyptian, will be celebrating his birthday – which is October 25 – at the Downtown Convention Center (124 South Buchanan Street) in Lafayette, Louisiana, on October 22nd.
The international artist will be doing a full set, performing hit songs like Hold You, Serious Times, Nah Let Go, I Can Feel Your Pain etc. The show will start at 8pm local time, and there is a $30 USD entrance fee. Buy tickets here.
In 2020 while the world was grappling with the pandemic, South African creator Master KG released the global megahit Jerusalema with Nomcebo Zikode. Since it came out several artists and producers from various countries have added their versions.
The latest camp to put their spin on the Afro-pop beat is My MM Productions. Label CEO Orville Marshall and musician, singer and songwriter Wayne Armond, together shared their interpretation on a new single titled Afrobeat Medley. The track is a collection of popular R&B songs sung by The Greaves Brothers, featuring DJ Mossy Kid: formerly of the Dutty Cup Crew which also included Sean Paul. Officially released on August 31st, the tune is already being praised as one of the best versions on the beat.
The Greaves Brothers (Teddy Jr, Yishka and Gershi ) are sons of Teddy Greaves: legendary bass player and singer who was a member of the Sony Bradshaw Big Band, before going on to form his own Teddy Greaves and the Groovy Guys. In addition to what they learnt from their father, The Brothers kept on honing their skills by working directly with Stevie Wonder after auditioning to become a part of the Happiness Unlimited Band in California. This lasted for approximately five years.
See below some reactions to My MM Production‘s Afrobeat Medley:
MC Randolph
WICKED MIX..LOVE IT
Jeffrey Plant
Very nice work. Love it!!!
Wesley Butley
Wow that’s music that moves you awesome ensemble
Jaime Rivera
I’m dancin! Wow!!!
A couple months ago Reach Records released their annual summer playlist titled 116 Summer. The project features new music from some of America’s emerging and established gospel hip-hop artists.
In an effort to promote the album, the label has been sharing selected videos; with the latest being Nobigdyl‘s One Way. As this is one of the stand out tracks on the playlist it made sense that it was given a video. Plus, Nobigdyl is strong in both his music and his walk with God.
Click here or on the image above to watch the video and remember to like, comment and share.
Atlanta hip-hop group Arrested Development just shared another video from their latest album For the FKN Love, released in December of last year. The new visuals is for track #1, Yes Always. Click here or on the image above to check it out and remember to like, comment and share.
1K Phew just dropped a new single – Safe – featuring actress and singer Jai’Len Josey. The song, which is about him being saved from his former life, is on the Reach Records imprint. Click here to check out the video, and remember to like, comment and share.
Hip-hop artists Treach (from the trio Naughty By Nature) and Big Daddy Kane will join actors Flex Alexander and House Of Payne star Allen Payne on the stage-play New Jack City. Payne starred in the actual film – released in 1991 – alongside Wesley Snipes, Ice-T and Chris Rock.
Producer Je’Caryous Johnson, the mastermind behind New Jack City, will take the play to Philadelphia, Washington, Charlotte, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Detroit, Atlanta and Houston. The tour will start in November and will run through to January, 2023.
Cincinnati’s 2022 R&B Music Experience will feature live performances by Monica, Tevin Campbell, Dru Hill, Tamar Braxton, 112 and Next.
The concert, being presented by Global Events Production, will go down on Friday, October 7th at the Heritage Bank Center – 100 Broadway Street – in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster, and starting time is 8pm.
