Fresh off the awesome news that Lin-Manuel was honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the music video for Miranda’s “Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)” off “The Hamilton Mixtape” just dropped. Check it out above,…
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BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The Hamilton cultural juggernaut continues to conquer. How do you cap off a year that includes 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as well as a Pulitzer…
Fela Kuti was the African continent’s answer to Bob Marley. Fela was an unflinching and vociferous critic of Nigeria’s ruling elites. In fact, he never hesitated to call out the unjust and corrupt rulers by name on many of…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. Last year’s summer series really changed the musical landscape Uptown. What was the motivation for this year? A. I really just wanted to take the series to another level. The reaction to it last…
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Produced by BAM Apr 19 & 20, 2012 at 8pm “Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson just might be the closest thing we have to a hip-hop Zelig… expanding the assumed limits of hip-hop…” —Pitchfork Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the…