Featuring Musical Guest: WATRA & NBO – Hosted by Chris Spencer & Chase Anthony Soul Beach Music Festival Hosted by Aruba Good Vibes Only! Live Music by The Roots, Jill Scott, Lucky Daye, Anthony Hamilton Comedy Night featuring Deon Cole & Tiffany Haddish – Memorial Day Weekend May 24-29 Hosted by Chris Spencer & Chase…
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Jackson State University featured in Season 8 of ‘The College Tour’ now on Amazon Prime Video
Award-winning TV series brings JSU directly to viewers, sharing authentic student stories while highlighting the college experience. JACKSON, Miss. – Jackson State University is featured in season 8 of “The College Tour,” a groundbreaking series from Emmy-nominated producers Alex Boylan, Lisa Hennessy, and Burton Roberts, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Hosted by Boylan, winner of “The Amazing…
Big Tigger, Atlanta BeltLine Partner to Celebrate Community, Culture and Healthy Living with Debut of Big Tigger’s BeltLine BikeFest
Sunday, June 4 event to feature celebrity bike captains Anthony Mackie, Pinky Cole, Grady Jarrett, DJ Mars and Crystal Hayslett (Black PR Wire) As part of its commitment to equity, inclusivity, healthy lifestyles and cultural discovery, the Atlanta BeltLine is partnering with entertainment legend Big Tigger and his Big Tigger Foundation to debut the inaugural…
2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ Celebrates Hip-Hop 50 With Stacked Night-by-Night Line-Up for Evening Concert Series
May 11, 2023 11:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As culture connoisseurs get ready to put on their flyest fits and kicks, the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ presented by Coca-Cola® is rounding out its evening concert series with a night-by-night line-up of musicians, performers, and Hip-Hop and R&B legends at the New Orleans’…
LIL WAYNE ANNOUNCES WELCOME TO THA CARTER GLOBAL LIVESTREAM
LIVE FROM THE WILTERN, LA MAY 13, 2023 WATCH ON DEMAND FOR 48 HOURS Livestream tickets are on sale now https://driift.link/LilWayne “Weezy’s tour set served as a stark reminder that he can go 40-deep into different bags and eras of his hall-of-fame career to compete with anyone, whether it’s commercial hits, syrupy mixtape anthems that…
Grammy Legend James Mtume Honored In Philly With Street Bearing His Name
The departed hit maker receiving tribute from his hometown on May 12th, 2023. One year after his passing in January 2022, noted Grammy winner James Mtume (known for hits such as “Juicy Fruit” and producing for Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, Stephanie Mills) will be honored in his hometown of Philadelphia, PA with a street bearing his…
SZA Drops “Kill Bill (Remix) feat. Doja Cat
Get It Here Today, Grammy award-winning recording artist SZA releases a new version of her chart-topping hit song “Kill Bill” featuring Doja Cat, via TDE/RCA Records – listen here . This release comes on the heels of more career achievements this week as the album version of “Kill Bill” earns SZA her first solo #1 at Top 40 radio and…
45th Annual BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Returns To Prospect Park This Summer
Opening Night Headliners Legendary Musician Taj Mahal and Corinne Bailey Rae The Head And The Heart Set To Close Out The Season L’Rain Confirmed As The First-Ever Artist Curator for The Highly Anticipated Annual Festival Series Community-Friendly Festival Kicks off Wednesday, June 7th through Thursday, August 24th. April 10, 2023, BROOKLYN, NY – The Brooklyn-based…
Black Women Dealing with Cancer Invited to Free Online Supportive Workshop – Love Letters to Our Bodies
Love Letters to Be Printed and Recorded (Black PR Wire) Nationwide, USA – “Love Letters to Our Bodies” is a free contemplative workshop for African American/Black Women, living with cancer or cancer survivors, to explore how they experience their bodies, stories they tell themselves, how that has changed since their diagnosis, and how they engage…
The Brooklyn Collective Presents: “The Next Hundred Years III” Exhibition
Excited to announce “The Next Hundred Years III” exhibition aims to crystallize a vision of what the next century will look like for melanated people across the globe! In partnership with The Brooklyn Collective, brooklyncollectiveclt.org this three month exhibition will serve as a sort of fine arts vision board, offering each of the extraordinary exhibiting…
45th Annual BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Returns To Prospect Park This Summer
Opening Night Headliners Legendary Musician Taj Mahal and Corinne Bailey Rae The Head And The Heart Set To Close Out The Season L’Rain Confirmed As The First-Ever Artist Curator for The Highly Anticipated Annual Festival Series Festival Kicks off Wednesday, June 7th through Thursday, August 24th. April 5, 2023, BROOKLYN, NY – Today, the internationally-renowned Brooklyn-based…
Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary Takes Center Stage at ESSENCE Festival of Culture™: Ms. Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion, Wizkid, Jermaine Dupri & More Set to Perform
March 29, 2023 08:00 AM Central Daylight Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Now what you hear is not a test: The 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture™, presented by Coca-Cola® is back in New Orleans for its 29th year and a celebration of 50 years of hip-hop. From fresh fits to lyrical hits, the in-person and virtual experience…
First Ever HBCU Film Festival and Challenge Kicks Off March 23 at Howard University
‘A Celebration of Black Filmmakers rooted in the HBCU Culture’ (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, DC – An HBCU film festival is coming to Washington, DC in October 2023 to celebrate Black filmmakers and showcase the next generation of film and television stand outs that kicks off with a college tour this spring. The goal? To…
Jackson State University set to host ‘THEE Culture Forever,’ a celebration of humanities
JACKSON, Miss –Jackson State University’s Department of English, Foreign Languages, & Speech Communication (EFLSC) is hosting “THEE Culture Forever” EFLSC week from Monday, Mar. 27 – Friday, Mar. 31. “EFLSC Week is designed to promote the disciplines in our department and showcase the phenomenal work our students and faculty members are doing within these disciplines,”…
NEW DATE: CHAPEL HART AT GRAMMY MUSEUM MISSISSIPPI APRIL 13
CLEVELAND, MISS. (March 22, 2023) — GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi previously announced that Chapel Hart will perform a special outdoor concert on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. The event will now be taking place on Thursday, April 13, 2023. The Poplarville, Miss.-born family trio, and 2022 “America’s Got Talent” finalists, comprises sisters Danica Hart and Devynn Hart, and their cousin Trea Swindle. The closing events along with food and beverage sales…
JSU students gain valuable insight from Grind City Media and Memphis Grizzlies Digital Sports Media Workshop
JACKSON, Miss –Jackson State University’s Department of Journalism and Media Studies students and faculty were hosted by Grind City Media and the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies for a Digital Sports Media Workshop last month. Students participated in various sessions spanning brand marketing, internal broadcast operations, brand operations, partnership marketing, and community engagement. The workshop also included…
A3C Festival & Conference Announces 2023 Dates in Partnership with Greenwood
From September 28-30, Atlanta’s premier music, tech, and culture festival will bring together entrepreneurs, artists, and creatives from around the world for a week of sessions, shows, and unforgettable events to empower the next generation of disruptors March 17, 2023 10:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The A3C Festival & Conference, a leading music, technology…
JSU’s Margaret Walker Center hosting 50th anniversary of Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival, registration now open
Literary heavy hitters Sonia Sanchez, Jesmyn Ward, Angie Thomas, Imani Perry, and more are set to converge on campus in November. JACKSON, Miss –Fifty years ago, educator and novelist Margaret Walker had the keen foresight to organize a seminal conference at Jackson State College centered on innovative Black women writers marking the bicentennial of pioneering…
“A Great Day in Atlanta” Celebrates 20th anniversary on March 26
Black cultural arts influencers from around the country to reunion, reflect and recreate the moment. (Black PR Wire) Atlanta, GA – $100-dollar investment in camera equipment in the late 1980s paved the way for “A Great Day in Atlanta,” an iconic image of the cultural arts scene taken by noted photographer, John Crooms, in 2003….
DCG Giving, a Dave Cantin Group Partnership, Delivers a Knockout Punch to Pediatric Cancer Through its Fundraising Auction of Mike Tyson Autographed Boxing Gloves
Event Raised More Than $250,000 for Pediatric Cancer Research and Treatment February 23, 2023 03:44 PM Eastern Standard Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Dave Cantin Group(DCG), one of the largest automotive industry financial advisory services companies specializing in buy/sell transactions, announced today that its nonprofit partnership DCG Giving raised more than $250,000 at its first fundraising…
SOUTHERN LACED TAKES FIVE WITH ARTIST CIERA HILL
“Flowers in the Wild” is an illustration of what God can do when you just decide to “do”. These two paintings: “Inquisitive” and “Acceptance” are currently on display until the end of the month at the Lucille Parker Gallery on the William Carey University campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. They are currently included in the Beyond…
ESSENCE Celebrates the 16th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards Luncheon Honoring Sheryl Lee Ralph, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Tara Duncan, Danielle Deadwyler and Dominique Thorne
The Star-Studded Red Carpet Event and ESSENCE Hollywood House Will Take Place on March 9-10 in Los Angeles February 21, 2023 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ESSENCE, the leading and only 100% Black-owned media, technology and commerce company at scale dedicated to Black women and communities, today announced the honorees for the 16th…
J-SUEDE brings home the gold from the Dance Team Union Regionals in Birmingham
JACKSON, Miss – The Jackson State University Elite Dance Ensemble (J-SUEDE) brought home the first regional championship in the program’s history. J-SUEDE claimed the first-place title in the Birmingham College Hip-Hop Division of the Dance Team Union Regionals. “We have been working towards this goal for eight years,” said Creative Director and Coach Travis Burks. “Our…
CDC Foundation’s “Live to the Beat” Returns to Hip Hop Roots to Celebrate One Year Anniversary of Campaign to Combat Heart Disease in Black Adults
New CDC data show the COVID-19 pandemic set Black adults 10 years back in reducing heart disease deaths “Live to the Beat” hip hop-themed wellness event streaming live from Atlanta on February 25 to feature Grammy Award-winning artist Killer Mike and others ATLANTA, Feb. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The health implications from COVID-19 have been felt across…
Jackson State hosts 2nd Annual Black History Cultural Explosion featuring Fisk Jubilee Singers
Jackson, Mississippi – The Jackson State University College of Liberal Arts and the Institute for Social Justice and Race Relations present the 2nd annual Black History Cultural Explosion beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 14th. The slate of events will include a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers from Fisk University in their first performance in the…
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