Photo by Jaecyne Howell www.moonrisingnyc.com 4th Annual Event Shines Light On Phenomenal Black Women By Uzy Igweatu The fourth annual Black Girls Rock! Awards took place last weekend at The New York Times Center in New York City. Hosted by Regina King and Tracee Ellis Ross, the fundraising event brought out a host of celebrities in support of Black Girls Rock!, an organization founded by DJ Beverly Bond as a [...]
Naomi Campbell, Mary J. Blige, Ethopian AIDS activist Dr. Mehret Mandefro and more will be honored at this years Black Girls Rock Awards. The fundraising event of the BGR organization usually brings out the black girls who are doing it from Iman to Erykah Badu to Bethann Hardison. This year will be hosted by Regina King and Tracee Ellis Ross. You can get tickets and more info here: http://www.blackgirlsrockinc.com/Awards09/
NYC peeps, check out Nigerian hip hop artist Melo-X at this CMJ party this Sunday. Plus Cubic Zirconia is fun. Taste usually does hotness so this should be a time.
If you’re in NYC check out Wale and Estelle doing it big on the Heineken Red Star Soul event on 10/16 http://heinekenredstarsoul.com/events.php#
We’re obviously jazzed about Fela! coming to Broadway. Our friends over at Move Forward Music (they also rep Blitz The Ambassador) have hooked up kids in the know with a special code to get a discount for the show. These are nearly 50 % off the regular ticket price. Here’s your savings with the code: FE4NFP9 10/19/09 – 11/21/09 $52 (reg. $99) 12/1/09 – 01/31/10 $67 (reg. $112-$122) You can [...]
Today would have been the 71st birthday of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti and his legacy is stronger than ever. This month not only marks the opening of Fela! on Broadway based on the artist’s performances at the Shrine but a bunch of Fela-themed events and shows will be going down in cities like Los Angeles, Philly and Chicago until the 31st. For more info, check out the schedule on Giant [...]
Nina Kibuanda was born in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo and relocated to Paris but the world of words is where he truly lives. This past Saturday Nina Kibuanda performed at the Congo Fever event in downtown Jozi at House of Nsako - a showcase of the best in Congolese and French music with Les Guys Fantastique and DJ Ben Montresor. The francophone slam poet and actor, who [...]
Akon is the latest US superstar to sign up for the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) with Zain. The Senegalese-American multi-platinum artist and producer is set to headline at the 2009 MAMA Awards in Nairobi, Kenya on 10 October, performing alongside Fugees’ alumnus Wyclef Jean and a host of Africa’s most celebrated contemporary artists including Wahu, M.I., Samini and Lira. Says Akon, ‘Africa is my heart. I feel especially blessed [...]
Pan-African intellectual Kwame Nkrumah changed the world as Ghana’s first president and established a legacy of democracy that is still reflected in the country today. Yesterday would have been his 100th birthday and there was a wave of celebrations around the world. Ghana did it big as citizens and current president John Atta Mills participated in big celebrations The New York Senate made a resolution to honor the late politician [...]
And we all agree. Yeezy took it to a whole ‘nother level of douche when he humiliated the teen country star Taylor Swift at the VMAs this week by grabbing her mic and declaring Beyonce the rightful winner. OK, even if you feel that way, how much rock are you smoking that it’s suddenly cool to embarrass a young country darling who’s the picture of American rosy-cheeked sweetness with blonde [...]
