Breakaway Productions, in association with FOXY 106.9FM and WSIE 88.7 The Sound, present the one-and-only Regina Belle live in concert at Harris-Stowe State University’s Givens Auditorium (3026 Laclede Ave., St. Louis, MO.) on Sunday, April 7th.
R&B and smooth jazz saxophonist Tim Cunningham and comedian Nick Jackson are also on the show.
The 2024 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, scheduled for two weekends: April 12-14, and 19-21, is once again welcoming the Heineken House stage. This is where hip-hop music lovers can catch the likes of Lupe Fiasco, T-Pain, Fat Joe and others.
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The full lineup is available on their website.
In anticipation of the March 28th Broadway preview of her musical, Hell’s Kitchen, Alicia Keys is sharing the single Kaleidoscope, which is a collaboration done with Maleah Joi Moon. It was released earlier today (March 22nd), and as such, is now available on all streaming platforms.
The exhilarating, joyful, coming-of-age Hell’s Kitchen is all about chasing your dreams, honoring your roots, knowing your identity, and finding your voice. It was directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Greif, with choreography by Camille A. Brown, who is also a Tony Award nominee, and it’s filled with new original music performed by Alicia Keys.
On May 17th, 2024, Rapsody and the team at Jamla Records will release her fourth studio album, Please Don’t Cry. It will have a total of twenty-two tracks and will feature an unlikely talent mix: Phylicia Rashad, Baby Tate, Lil Wayne, Niko Brim, Keznamdi, Bibi Bourelly, Alex Isley, Erykah Badu, Dixson, and Bee-B.
A few days ago, on March 14, she shared Stand Tall, track #7 on the LP. If you have not yet heard it, click here or on the image above to check it out.
Two of the fiercest women in rhythm-and-blues, Ashanti and Monica, will be the headlining acts at the upcoming R&B Music Experience at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on March 16. The ladies will be joined by Silk, Danny Boy, Tamar Braxton, and 702. This is another Global Events Production that will be hosted by DJ A1.
Born in Southern California, H.U.R.T. has embodied the west coast style of music and culture since his first song. Growing up in a broken home and not receiving the guidance and/or love that he needed drove him to the streets, ultimately resulting in his gang banging. Being raised in church but maturing in the streets created the spiritually laced, lyrical, intellectual gangsta rap style that he’s become known for. Headlining countless shows and opening up for a number of hip-hop’s major artists, H.U.R.T. began to gain notoriety around the nation. In 2009 he released his debut album, The Pray-Lewd, as he began to transition from being a gang banger who rapped, to a businessman who happened to be from a gang.
In 2010 he began recording his 2nd album called H.U.R.T., which was scheduled to be his debut to the mainstream industry due to the professional relationships he’d acquired after releasing The Pray-Lewd. By 2011 the album was done and while in the midst of filming a documentary and meeting with labels he gave his life to Christ. H.U.R.T. then deleted his music catalog and footage throwing himself into the ministry and gave up rapping. God had other plans, and in 2014 the Lord called him back to music, but this time it was for ministry instead of his own selfish ambitions. Giving 14 years to the streets and gangs created a passion to make music centered on ministering to those in the same situations that God had delivered him from.
In 2015 he was ordained as a pastor, a calling and office which fuels every move in and out of CHH genre. 2016 saw the debut of H.U.R.T. as a Christian hip-hop artist with the release of his single God’s Love along with a thought-provoking video. He continues to release music under the label and ministry RPH (Royal Priest Hood), and has ministered either in music or outreach (shows) with artists such as Bizzle, GS, Datin, Sevin, Illuminate, Dontae, Faith Pettis, Q’Heem, Eshon Burgundy, No Malice, Thi’sl, Bryann Trejo, and more. H.U.R.T. is ministry-minded, powered by the Holy Spirit, and believes that music ministry should embody the best of both worlds: great music and the Kingdom of God!
Nineties hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (formerly known as B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e) will be doing a set at The Novo – 800 West Olympic Blvd. – in Los Angeles, California, this Sunday, March 3rd. Starting time is 8:00 PM, and tickets are available on axs-dot-com.
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