The queen of hip-hop and R&B, Mary J. Blige, will be releasing two new records this week – Thursday, December 3rd. The songs are Good Morning Gorgeous and Amazing, which is a collaboration done with mega producer DJ Khaled.
Both tracks are now available for pre-order on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and Deezer.
At the end of November, Macy Gray & The California Jet Club released The Disco Song Remixes. The EP has eight tracks and features Jhonni Blaze and Maiya Sykes.
Gray, who is the co-founder of My Good – an organization created to help families who have lost loved ones due to police brutality – has made it known that proceeds from all streams of The Disco Song Remixes will go to My Good.
What started out as a back and forth on twitter between Chance The Rapper and Dionne Warwick has resulted in a powerful new record called Nothing’s Impossible.
At the time of the online banter, Dionne Warwick, who initiated the conversation by asking why a hip-hop artist would add The Rapper to his moniker, was very open about her desire to work with the Chicago native. Chance for his part, couldn’t believe that Warwick even knew who he was.
Fast forward to November 26th, 2021; that’s the date Kind Music Group shared a new song by Dionne Warwick called Nothing’s Impossible, featuring Chance The Rapper. Click here to check it out.
On Martin Luther King holiday weekend – Friday, January 14th – the 2022 R&B Rewind concert will take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
It will feature live performances by some of rhythm and blues’ heavy-weights, namely: Charlie Wilson, Boyz II Men, Monica, Ginuwine, Jagged Edge, Soul For Real, Ruff Endz and Rome. Tickets for this event are available via ticketmaster.
Styles P, one-third of The Lox and Havoc, one half of Mobb Deep, have joined forces to create a new duo called Wreckage Manner. The men will be releasing their self titled album on December 3rd via The Phantom Entertainment Inc., KeJuan Muchita Inc. and MNRK Records LP.
Ahead of the album release they have shared the lyric video for Nightmares 2 Dreams, track number ten. Click here to pre-order Wreckage Manner from your preferred music platform.
Rolling Loud will be back in California from December 10th through to the 12th for what the organizers are calling the ultimate hip-hop experience. The three-day festival will be at the National Orange Show Event Center (689 S E St) in San Bernardino, California.
Patrons will be treated to live performances from J. Cole, Future, Kid Cudi, Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Playboi Carti, Lil Durk, Trippie Redd, Swae Lee, Gunna, Don Toliver, Moneybagg Yo, A Boogie, French Montana, Polo G, Ski Mask the Slump God, Rod Wave, Lil Yachty, Bia, Coi Leray and many, many more.
The 2021 Harlem Cultural Festival is to take place this Sunday, November 28th, at the world-famous Apollo Theater in New York. The free one day event will begin at 2pm in the afternoon and will end at 10pm.
The lineup includes headliners: Rakim and Slick Rick, as well as Count Basie Orchestra, Alyson Williams, Herbert Holler, Omar Edwards, Sonic Soul Force, C.A.M.P. and DJ J-Ronin.
The event organizer requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination and everyone will be asked to wear a mask at all times.
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