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Music celebrities in the growing entertainment industry.
Long Live Mac Miller, King of the Weirdos. Top Story - September 2018.
I first heard of Mac Miller in 2010. I was 12 years old and had just started to care about what kind of clothes I wore. I was going into the 8th grade and I knew exactly what I wanted to get for the new school year: snapbacks, crewneck sweaters, and Nikes. I had stumbled across Mac’s “Nikes On My Feet” video that summer, and became enthralled with the youthful rapper’s confident mic skills and unique fashion sense. I related to him. He was a young suburban white kid who loved hip hop more than anything, just like me. He loved skating around with his friends and getting high, just like me. He was hopeful and full of life, just like me. And as the years went on, I still always felt that Mac was just like me.
By Kyle Mantha8 years ago in Beat
The Phenomenal Aretha Franklin
ARETHA FRANKLIN—QUEEN OF SOUL! Throughout my life, I have always heard that music soothes the savage beast. This concept came from different people. Some I know or knew, some I don’t know. Perhaps, that’s why I have always been a person who can appreciate different genres of music. From each song that I listen to, despite its genre, I listen closely to the lyrics to hear if the words are positive or negative. When I think back to the different music that I was exposed to coming up as a child, I am truly grateful and thankful to all those people in my life who taught me to value the different styles of musical artists. It’s because of them that I am, musically, a well-rounded woman.
By Nathonia Smith8 years ago in Beat
Kanye West Gives Drake an Apology on Twitter
It's another "I'm sorry" from Kanye West as he took to Twitter on Wednesday in order to make an official apology to Drake addressing their current feud. You would think he could honestly have put everything onto one tweet but he ended up putting it in nine different ones. His earliest tweet, "Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew. I haven’t seen the show in person but the images look incredible online I understand where the confusion started." Along with the tweet, he had posted a screenshot image of Drake's stage that included a scorpion to promote his new album, Scorpion.
By Kathy Lester8 years ago in Beat
Appearances Aren't Everything
I don't know if it's just me but I can never get enough of Taylor's speeches during her concert tours. She brings out a lot of great advice and so much that it needs to be shared with everyone who needs to hear it whether it be about speaking up after being sexually assaulted, surviving bullying, or realizing that people may or may not be happy even though they may look that way.
By Kathy Lester8 years ago in Beat
Zion.T - A Truly Incomparable Artist
Just a few months ago there was a bus strike in the city where I'm based. It was a pain for everyone involved, forcing people to change their daily commute options, and forcing me to take a completely different bus route using a different company, adding around one hour onto a journey that was already tedious enough. As a person about as accustomed to bus 'chit-chat' as a wasp to Winter, most of my journey is filled with music coming through the typical Apple in-ear headphones (classy I know). It's not the best way to get from A to B, but there is something important to me about starting my day with music. It can make a drab start uplifting, change my mood completely, or just provide me with a welcome distraction from the numerous children that entertain themselves in slightly less mature ways than my musical route.
By Nathan Sartain8 years ago in Beat
Lamentation for the CEO of Soul Who Stood for Respect
The titles of royalty are bandied about in America as if they lived in the United States. It is as if the forefathers did not devise an antidote to tyranny and oppression with the Declaration of Independence. There has been a King of Swing in Benny Goodman; a King of Rock in Elvis Presley; a King of Pop in Michael Jackson; A Queen of Pop in Madonna; A Princess of Rhythm and Blues in Aaliyah; and of course the alleged Queen of Soul in Aretha Louise Franklin, just to list a few. This last honorific is close but not quite what Miss Franklin should be remembered for concerning lifetime. She was the CEO of soul music. Much like Frank Sinatra was Chairman of the Board (this was actually do to his status on the board of Reprise records, however), Franklin could command a stage with her larger than life presence and deep, controlled vocal power. No honorific title related to royalty suffices when it comes to the female boss of soul music.
By Skyler Saunders8 years ago in Beat
The Sounds of Solange Knowles
I must admit that music has always been a very interesting topic for me. Growing up listening to different styles of music taught me to appreciate the different genres used by the solo singers and groups. There are few singing groups of the 1970s through 1990s, who were blessed to have recorded at least one album, that I haven’t heard of. At one point in my life, I listened to different genres of music daily. From the Jacksons to Jefferson Starship to Destiny’s Child and many more, I enjoy and appreciate the difference in their style of singing and music. There is an instant connection between music and me because I appreciate differences.
By Nathonia Smith8 years ago in Beat
Madonna at 60 - The Evolution of a Legend
Madonna’s 60th birthday celebrations are still continuing and who can blame her. Turning 60 is a highlight for anybody. At the start of Madonna’s career, it was predicted she would be a “one hit wonder.” To still be at the top of her game at the age of 60 is a celebration alone. Madonna, however, has evolved into a mega star and earned her legend status. The path was not easy and success did not happen overnight.
By Mayapee Chowdhury8 years ago in Beat
Taylor Swift Will Never Go Out of Style
What is it about an artist that makes us so drawn to them? Why do we feel such a connection with certain music? Think about some of your favorite songs of all time. Got them? Are any of them songs you’ve known since childhood or that you first heard sometime in your younger years? Likely they are. When a song or an artist is that important to us, that song or artist will stick with us for years to come.
By Lily Kristian8 years ago in Beat
Mac Miller Is Trying to Keep Swimming
Mac Miller is of a different breed. His debut single "Knock Knock" was released 9 years ago and since then he has transformed from being a Fratboy Rapper to being one of the more creative MC's in the game today, as evident in his last 3 projects GO:OD AM, the divine feminine, and Swimming.
By Calder Amos-Wood8 years ago in Beat
