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Hip Hop: The Billion Dollar Industry that Criminalizes Black People

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In 2006 Nas declared that “Hip Hop is Dead.” So anything that appears to be Hip Hop now should be thought of as the music industry’s version of “The Walking Dead.” A post-apocalyptic horror that plays out through media images that affect minds and ill-advised actions by young people each and everyday. Urban radio is essentially giving free advertisement, each time a song is played, to the well-documented private prison industry. There is a cause for alarm. As many states are relinquishing their control of incarcerating their disproportionally affected African American population and turning it over to “for profit” private companies … Continue reading Hip Hop: The Billion Dollar Industry that Criminalizes Black People

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Clear Channel’s ‘On the Verge’ Program Made Iggy Azalea a Star

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Iggy Azalea and T.I. at BET Awards Black Artists for the most part are not On the Verge  Iggy Azalea’s Fancy was one of the songs targeted for Clear Channel Radio’s “On the Verge” program, according to an article in The Washington Post. Once a song is chosen, it is required that each of Clear Channel’s 840 stations play the song at least 150 times. (We are sure that means if the song fits a particular format. That was not mentioned in The Post.)  In the article, Tom Poleman, Clear Channel Radio’s president for national programming platforms explains how the … Continue reading Clear Channel’s ‘On the Verge’ Program Made Iggy Azalea a Star

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Young Black Women Don’t Matter as R. Kelly Plays On

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Would you trust the guy that’s smiling with your daughter? The post below comes from the Richard Prince’s Journal-isms site. The post details a story by Jessica Hopper of the Village Voice who examines Chicago music journalist Jim DeRogatis’ original story that exposed the sexual assault accusation against singer R. Kelly.One of the most coveted demos in media are young black women. They are a group of listeners and viewers that are very attractive to advertisers because of the buying decisions they make. However apparently their consumerism supersedes the media industry’s moral sense. Radio and the media industry continues to promote … Continue reading Young Black Women Don’t Matter as R. Kelly Plays On

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>Charlamagne Blogs on Barack Obama

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> Charlamagne, better known as the co-host on the Wendy Williams Experience gives his thoughts on “The Magic of Barack Obama…” I have never witnessed history firsthand. I’ve read about countless historical moments and realized the effects these moments had on my present and will have on my future. To actually witness and feel the energy of Barack Obama accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination is almost surreal. Barack Obama, the man and his message are bigger than government, bigger than race, bigger than religion, and bigger than hip hop. What he represents is a New America. The America that MLK … Continue reading >Charlamagne Blogs on Barack Obama

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>Andreas Hale Sends an E-MAIL to a few In-Boxes …it’s just what you thought about BET

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>As of today (September 8, 2009) I am no longer the Executive Editor of Music at BET.com.Upon entering the position at BET I said that I needed one year to see what really went on inside the belly of the beast. I needed 365 days to sleep with the enemy and infiltrate the system. One year to see if they REALLY wanted change at BET.As someone who has been critical of BET for many years, it surprised many that I would leave my post at HipHopDX last year to take a position at BET. But it was an opportunity I … Continue reading >Andreas Hale Sends an E-MAIL to a few In-Boxes …it’s just what you thought about BET

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>Harlem Heights Premieres on BET Tonight

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> Call me a little leery of anything that BET (Black Entertainment Television) documents as a new trend let alone capturing the flavor of the New Harlem Renaissance; but I get a feeling that “Harlem Heights” will only glorify glamour and opulence of a few people, living above their means rather than hearkening back to the Real Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s and 1930’s. So instead of revolutionary literature, poetry and art; I expect a slightly older take of College Hill and Baldwin Hills. BET please prove me wrong. I hope with tonight’s premiere episode I’m presently surprised, but the … Continue reading >Harlem Heights Premieres on BET Tonight

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>Performance Tax Opposed by Small Market Radio Stations

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> Last week, Black broadcasters met in Washington, D.C. to discuss the possibility that a Performance Tax would cause them to go into bankruptcy. Now many small market broadcasters are facing the same dilemma, if the proposed tax is put into place by congress, you might see many stations simply go dark. As it stands now, Sirius XM satellite radio; Radio stations that stream online; Internet music services like AOL Radio, Last FM, Imeem, Pandora, and Finetune; and music download sites like iTunes, pay the artist a royalty fee. Terrestrial radio has never paid the artists or performers for the … Continue reading >Performance Tax Opposed by Small Market Radio Stations