Broccoli City Festival creator Brandon McEachern used the platform to discover GoldLinkearlier on before the DMV emcee became Grammy nominated. To this day, he still uses SoundCloud to discover new artists despite having everyone from Lil Wayne to Childish Gambino headline last month. Read more here! ...
Two years ago, Lolo Zouaï reached a turning point in her music career following the release of breakout single "High Highs to Low Lows." The single, produced by Stelios Phili (a frequent collaborator with A$AP Ferg who’s responsible for the Young Thug/Elton John team-up “High”),...
Minus Nintendo’s hybrid trojan horse, current generation gaming consoles from Microsoft and Sony are well over half a century old. This also means talks of next-generation consoles are starting to make news rounds. More recently, Sony spilled several details regarding the upcoming Playstation 5, while Microsoft announced...
Before Kanye West’s current FOMO-worthy “Sunday Service” became an ultra-exclusive weekly gathering, blending both the secular and spiritual in the luxurious hills of Calabasas, California (and other private locations), Aretha Franklin had already done something similar decades prior at a small Los Angeles Baptist church about 35 miles north. Read The...
Through the era of streaming, film, television, literature and music became the equalizer in obtain content. Cloud Gaming (or Video Game Streaming) is ramping up to finally go mainstream through the recent announcements of Google Stadia and Apple Arcade—following several attempts. News comes after Microsoft also announced their...
One constant in the Madea creator’s history in Black Hollywood is his uncanny ability to recruit seemingly unknowns for his films and provide them with launching pads for their careers. Here are 11 actors/actresses who received their first major breakthrough Tyler Perry. Read the rest here!...
Over the last decade, the video game industry has seen a rise in prominent indie games on platforms like Steam and Xbox Live Arcade. It signaled to developers everywhere that ideas could be created by nearly anyone wanting to make them. Black developers have taken...
Nearly a year after its release, the cultural impact of Black Panther continues to be undeniable. Between unprecedented box office triumph, overwhelming critical love, award nominations and wins, the Grammy Award nominated soundtrack curated by Kendrick Lamar, and every mention of “Wakanda Forever,” director Ryan Coogler created more than just a highlight within...
Rolling Loud Los Angeles offered a bunch of newsworthy viral moments including the Cardi B apology from Offset heard around the world last year in December, Chief Keef’s weird set absence and Lil Yachty making his membership in video game clan FaZe official. Read more here! ...
On a rainy, February weekend at a rented Crescent Hills Drive home with a wide view of Los Angeles, Phora is putting the finishing touches on his Valentine’s Day release, “i still love you.” The track’s arrival was hinted at on his Instagram weeks before the...
