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Ava DeVernay’s “Middle of Nowhere” is an official selection at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film maker describes the story as “A love story about love as a choice.” Omari Hardwick, who had a starring role in her last feature “I Will Follow,” works with DuVernay again. Emayatzy Corinealdi, Edwina Findley, Sharon Lawrence, Lorraine Toussaint and David Oyelowo round out the main players.
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“High On Life” is from Phil Ade’s A Different World mixtape from last summer. He is becoming a more visible member of a wave of hip-hop artists from the D.C. area including tabi Bonney and Wale.
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STS has a tale about a difficult woman that he’s not compatible with but attracted to just the same. He uses Goyte’s “Somebody I Use To Know” as a musical bed produced by Beat-One.
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UK singer Jermaine Riley is releasing his solo album Hello Earth on January 20th. The former member of FDM is following up his 2008 Goodbye Krypton: The Mixtape and “Key To The City” is the first single.