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"So why not enjoy some of the admiring award shows? Some may say that the point of these awards isn't mainly to be entertaining but to highlight the dedication of artists and actors in the industry." - Staff Writer / Dakim Marcel Randolph

2025 Grammy nominations are coming soon, who will win?

Dakim Marcel Randolph, Staff Writer October 30, 2024

I have always adored these award shows as a young teenager in the Jersey urban neighborhoods. I remember my first award show event as it played a vital role in my career. It was near the middle school...

"What makes a Super Bowl such a defying moment for me, is that it is all about the culture. The Super Bowl created such a cultural defining moment for everyone,  not just me." - Photo via Pixabay

The halftime show debate: Kendrick Lamar or Lil Wayne?

Dakim Marcel Randolph, Contributor September 18, 2024

Who doesn't love the good old Super Bowl Halftime Show? The most important aspect of the football game is on a Sunday night in February. I always had a passionate feeling about the Super Bowl Halftime...

"If I could tell my five-year-old self one thing, it would be this: you didn’t go to Harvard but you ultimately achieved something better than an Ivy-league degree, you beat the odds." - Photo via Victoria McGivern

McGivern: Count me out

Victoria McGivern October 11, 2023

Ever since I could remember, I’ve wanted to go to college.  Most five-year-olds dream of otherworldly magic, going to space, or becoming something out of their wildest imagination. Not me, no....

Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated "Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers" will be out May 13. / Photo via wallpaperaccess.com

Nine Upcoming Albums Hoping to be the Sound of Summer

Luke Garcia April 27, 2022

With summer just around the corner, major artists are finishing up album rollouts as they look to gain highly competitive recognition for their music. Smash hit singles like “First Class” by Jack...

Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show poster. - Photo / courtesy of NFL Press Release

Counts: The Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show was the Best one yet

Joshua Counts February 16, 2022

The biggest game of the NFL season between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals has come and gone, with the Rams taking home the Lombardi Trophy in their hometown of L.A.-- but the game is not...

Billie Eilish's second number one album, "Happier Than Ever" sold 73,000 vinyl records on the first week alone. / Photo courtesy of Luke Garcia

How Vinyl Records Have Made a Miraculous Comeback

Luke Garcia September 29, 2021

In 2007, 1 million vinyl records were sold in the U.S. In 2020, that number rose to 27.5 million. In the first half of 2021, 19.2 million were sold.  After returning from the dead, this will be...

It is no surprise that Cole, Kendrick and Drake have all made the Top 5. / Wendell Weat

Garcia: Top 5 hip-hop albums of the 2010s

Luke Garcia December 4, 2019

The 2010s were a strong decade for hip-hop and rap music, with many different styles coming and going. There’s a big difference between the artists that are a fad, and the ones that have built a distinct...

Childish Gambino raps about the exploitation of black pain by white Americans in his music video for "This is America." - Courtesy of Childish Gambino YouTube channel

Top five living African-American musicians

Christian A. Browne February 26, 2019

This is the second of a two-part series about African-American musical artists. In honor of Black History month, I decided to write about the top five living and dead African-American music artists...

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