Industry Features Archive

The hit comedy stage play ’s Cheaper to Keep Her will kick off on the West Coast beginning September 18, 2010 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Executive Producers Je’Caryous Johnson and Gary Guidry, founders of I’m Ready Productions, Inc., and Foxy Brown Productions in Association with L. Richardson Entertainment announced today more than 30 national [...]

Tony Award winning Broadway Musical FELA! and Hush Tours announced an ongoing partnership on Thursday, August 12th where legendary Hip-Hop pioneers Rakim, Grandmaster Caz, Roxanne Shante attended FELA! The Broadway Musical. The aforementioned Hip-Hop legends as well as artists like Melle Mel, Rahzel, Rahiem, Reggie Reg, Ralph McDaniels, Jeru The Damaja came together for the 8pm [...]

Nickelodeon has extended multi-talented, actor/comedian/artist/producer Nick Cannon’s deal as Chairman of TeenNick through Jan. 2012, it was announced today by Cyma Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. At the helm since March 2009, Cannon will continue his role in front of the camera and behind the desk of TeenNick, Nickelodeon’s 24-hour network exclusively for [...]

CHICAGO NATIVE “YOUNG GHOST” IS MAKING A NATIONAL MARK WITH NEW SINGLE “ROSETTA“ September 3, 2010 By Mari Anthony “Young Ghost” Williams is a talented new Rap artist and native from the Westside of Chicago. Ghost is determined to succeed and works diligently to be heard. His debut mixtape “King of Zumunda” arrives October 31st. How did you get into [...]

MySpace Music (www.myspace.com/music), the premiere online music destination, announced today an integrated alliance with Fuse, Madison Square Garden’s music television network, to extend the reach of MySpace’s definitive emerging artist program, “Introducing…” The alliance of MySpace Music and Fuse will enable featured artists to significantly connect with wider audiences, underscoring both media companies’ commitment [...]

R&B SINGER JOHN BLU HEATS UP THE CHARTS WITH HIS NEW SINGLE “IN LOVE WITH YOUR BOOTY” Lyricist and music composer John Blu has been one of the best kept secrets of the R&B scene. But that might be changing. Since signing to Jive Records, John Blu recently released chart-topping single entitled “In Love With Your Booty” from [...]

Let’s face it. If you watch “The Cleveland Show”, “Family Guy”, “Cops”, “America’s Most Wanted”, “American Idol”, “American Dad”, “The Simpsons”, “Glee”, or “So You Think You Can Dance” , you are directly contributing to the hate war chest of Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck and his employers, Fox TV (A network built in [...]

“POWER OF PASSION” ORIGINAL STAGE PLAY DELIVERS A POSTIVE MESSAGE TO A HUGE TURNOUT Written by Chicago Police Officer Edward J. Rollins Produced by Thought Giants NFP with an encore performance at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago on September 11th, 2010 at 7PM! Chicago (July 12, 2010) – On July 9th, 2010 Thought [...]

Monday, April 19, 2010 by Letitia “Tish” Murray HIV-positive inmates at both Alabama and South Carolina correctional facilities are forced and required to wear armbands to be easily identified to the general population. They also have to reside in a separate unit from other cellmates. According to the New York Times, the infected men at the South [...]