Miami, FL – As one of the most influential and engaging personalities in radio history, Michael Baisden is an iconic figure. The social activist, filmmaker, television host, and speaker commands a daily audience of over seven million listeners with his top rated afternoon drive radio program heard in 22 of the top 25 urban markets. [...]
San Francisco – Many remember Tracey “Big Tray Deee” Davis as part of the legendary west coast rap group, Tha Eastsidaz, which featured him alongside Snoop Dogg and Lil Goldie Loc. The group gained platinum success with their debut album, “Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz.” With his rap career cut short in 2003 by a [...]
Kansas City, MO – From Kobe Bryant to the Kardashians, celebrity scandals make the world go round. They generate tons of publicity and elicit even more conversation, gossip and thought. On some deep psychological level, they feed our illusions of personal innocence and validate our innate sense of self worth. But what about our own [...]
Diplo, one-half of the Major Lazer production duo, is releasing his first book in April. 128 Beats Per Minute is his personal diary of career travels from Russia to recording studios in Jamaica. Alexander Wang wrote the foreword and Shane Macauley, former assistant to Annie Leibowitz, did the photography.
Fusicology did a video interview with Nelson George regarding his new book The Plot Against Hip-Hop about insidious forces working against the art.
Atlanta, GA – When author Edrea Davis debuted her fictional saga, “SnitchCraft” in hardcover back in 2007, everyone from readers to activists to academics took note of this creative approach to advocacy. Davis cunningly fused hip-hop with a civil rights agenda to offer a glimpse into the corrupt environment created by the use of informants [...]
The Life Files had a sit down talk with music executive Steve Stoute about his meeting with Sir Roger Moore and how the swaggalicious nature of hip-hop transcends cultures. The conversation between Stoute and Moore is documented in his new book The Tanning Of America which is about the way popular culture specifically, hip-hop reinvigorated [...]
When Fortune 500 companies need to reenergize or reinvent a lagging brand, they call Steve Stoute. In addition to marrying cultural icons with blue-chip marketers (Beyoncé for Tommy Hilfiger’s True Star fragrance, and Justin Timberlake for “lovin’ it” at McDonald’s), Stoute has helped identify and activate a new generation of consumers. He traces how the [...]
Philadelphia – The words “queen pen” and “boss lady” can conjure up many images. One might think of an icy, cold-blooded gangstress who is heartless about the business at hand. Yet, the sparkling, green eyes belonging to Thelma Wright paint a different picture. Though rumored at one time to be the most powerful and dangerous [...]
Ricardo Cortes put together Jury Independence Illustrated, a free booklet about a legal process that people can use to end prosecution for drug crimes. Cortes created this booklet in response to Attorney General Eric Holder’s playful demand to David Simon and Ed Burns who are the writers of “The Wire” to make a new season. [...]
