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Richardine Bartee

Her unprejudiced love for people, the arts, and business has taken her this far. Join Richardine on her journey as she writes history into existence, one article at a time. Richardine is a member of the Recording Academy/GRAMMYs, and a GRAMMY U Mentor. Call or email her to discuss your marketing/publicity or consulting needs.

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Apple shares ‘Big Man’, a short film starring English-Ghanaian music star Stormzy: Watch

Check out the twenty-minute film directed by the Oscar-winning creator, Aneil Karia.

Nigerian Afropop star Yemi Alade shares new track about close friendships ‘My Padi’ (Listen)

Yemi Alade, who recently performed in Rabat, Morroco at the annual eight-day extravaganza, Mawazine Festival.

Song of the Day: ‘Ate’ by TiaCorine featuring Jus10 and Byrell the Great

As usual, I enjoyed TiaCorine and the fast-paced cunty lyrics about the Vogue Femme, the meat-tucking queens and the cute Bow Wow and Ciara 'Like You' reference.

Song of the Day: ‘Flow’ by Runtown

Runtown sings about the various worldly things that try to command his attention and a former lover for 'Flow'.

Song of the Day: ‘Love Language’ by Breez Kennedy

Kennedy delivers a poignant narrative, skillfully addressing complex relationship dynamics through heartfelt lyricism.

Song of the Day: ‘Kiss the Ring’ by Kevin Gates

If you are going to be in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 19, you can see the famous rapper performing live.

Watch Ghanaian musical stars Amerado and Samini portray loverboys in ‘Ankonnam (Remix)’

Is Amerado into polygamy or polyamory? We are unsure, but the Ghanaian musical artist appears with two women in the video.

Ethiopian-Sudanese rising star Alemeda covers GRUNGECAKE AFRICA, celebrates signing with Warner Records and TDE

Alemeda's story exemplifies resilience and highlights the complexities of representation and genre classification in today’s music landscape.

Watch Shyne explain how he was “set up to be the fall guy” after 1999 nightclub shooting in new documentary trailer

It will be available for streaming exclusively on Hulu on November 18.

Kairo, the Nigerian-American identical twins signed to Def Jam, release new music ‘Special*Break Bread’: Listen

The project is light-hearted dance tunes—perhaps made to lighten the mood, make you feel good and forget what's happening in the world.