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Music News
Behind The Scenes Of Spiff TV's "Just As I Am" With Chris Brown And Prince Royce
At the top of 2016, we told you that hip-hop A&R and video director extraordinaire Spiff TV would forge his legacy in the game. A man of conviction, Spiff TV announced The Union, a compilation album featuring collaborations among today's foremost rap, reggaeton and Spanish-language artists—an unprecedented feat in music history and a marker of contemporary times. [speedbumplink prefix="READ:...
Events
One Africa Music Fest Returns To NYC With Davido, Tiwa Savage, Wale, Cassper Nyovest And More
The 2017 One Africa Music Fest in Brooklyn, New York was definitely one for the books. Held at the newly opened Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk on Saturday (August 19), artists and fans from various parts of the Motherland (and the world) traveled to the Big Apple to enjoy the cultural sounds of afrobeats, dancehall and hip-hop fused music, rep for their country and most of all, celebrate...
Features
Madame Gandhi On The Intersectionality Of Feminism And Why "The Future Is Female"
According Madame Gandhi, the future is female. She says this with pride and confidence as she arrives at VIBE's headquarters, greeting everyone in her signature style of bright neon colors. Born Kiran Gandhi, the musician-activist grew up between New York City and Bombay, India. Coming up, she always had a strong appreciation for hip-hop and played the drums since the tender age of eight. After...
Entertainment
Power Of The Podcast: How The Broadcasting Sensation Benefits Black Entrepreneurs
For budding businessmen and women in the entertainment market, developing a personal brand is just as important as possessing the creativity to bring said brand to the next level. However, it can prove to be difficult to carve a lane and stand out from others who are chasing similar dreams, especially in the digital age. With YouTube and social media sensations being pegged as go-to “social influencers,”...
Music
Beyond Lit: 9 Unforgettable Moments From Billboard’s Hot 100 Fest
Over the weekend, the Billboard Hot 100 music festival brought together the young, the old and the lit as acts the from different spectrums of music turned Long Island into a colossal dancery. [speedbumplink prefix="READ" url="https://www.vibe.com/2017/06/11-moments-2017-governors-ball-recap/" content="The Incredible Highs & Unfortunate Lows Of The 2017 Governors Ball Festival"] During the course...
Opinion
In Defense Of The Lady Gaga's Of The World, Why Clap Back At An Ally?
My big brother Victor lives by a simple truth: “I don’t know unless I am told.” When he first said this I assumed it was his way of not taking responsibility for his actions, but as I got older I realized the autonomy he employs also placed the onus on others to be expressive about whatever gratitude or gripe they may have with him. Victor doesn’t know unless you tell him. Black people and...
Features
V Books: Prof. Tera Hunter Explores The Meaning Of Slave Marriages In New Book, ‘Bound In Wedlock’
“…and so far inferior, that they [African Americans] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect--” Chief Justice Roger B. Taney on his decision in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case. Unfortunately, history and even present-day has been, and still is, in total agreement with Taney’s beliefs on race relations. Even in marriage for that matter. During slavery, for black couples who were...
Features
MPA PeeWee Longway Remembers Life In Atlanta's Zone 3
Atlanta's Peewee Longway is one of the many prolific MCs to rep the A as of late. The Zone 3 native may be under the radar when compared to his hometown contemporaries like Migos, Future and Young Thug, but that doesn't stop his rugged dope boy anthems from inspiring die-hard street generals from the Deep South. The rapper born Quincy Lamont Williams first appeared on the rap scene with his Money...
