These are the corporations profiting from e-carceration.

Carceral conglomerates like BI and Securus are on the move.
Their continued growth poses serious challenges for activists fighting against mass incarceration.

By James Kilgore | Despite the law-and-order offensive of President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the momentum for decarceration and ending cash bail continues to grow. This is cause for optimism. However, decarceration may not ultimately mean freedom. In many case

 New Jersey native Demiana Esposito is back, just in time for the warm weather months with a song that is sure to keep everyone chanting "Hello"!

Now 16 year old Demiana Esposito is continuing to show her growth in the music industry. The catchy hook of "HELLO" combined with her effortless vocals and edgy beat is sure to have the parties jumping all summer.    
Make sure follow Demiana journey through IG to hear her version of the newest songs weekly!
Check out ''HELLO'' by Demiana Esposito:
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Hip-Hop Jazz Percussionist struts his stuff and wins first place in the Mashpee Middle High School Talent Show. Performs song from upcoming album.

When you're 14 years old and have already headlined three jazz festivals, performed for crowds of 48,000 people and spent your last summer on tour as opposed to cutting lawns, a high school talent show might seem a bit passé, but not for The ZYG 808. When notices for auditions went up he jumped at the opportunity.

Mashpee Middle High School held it's ta

Members of Grammy nominated band and self-contained songwriting and production unit, The GroovaLottos have formed a company for artist development, and production services.

Labels, managers and artists looking to take their careers to the next level now have an option for a high quality product by working with Down Streeters, LLC. The company, formed by Eddie Ray Johnson and Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor of The GroovaLottos offer music production services in the all genres of rock, soul, hip-hop, bl

Most of the reloctors remains confused when it comes to relocate home, they can't decide whether to choose professional mover for home shifting in India or follow DIY procedure. Wel,, hiring moving company has so many benefits but yet because of their charges many people opt for DIY move. But DIY move can be done at some circumstances like when you are moving locally or have fewer goods to relocate, etc. There are many factors that determine the packers and movers charges and also important to d

Israel Perez, 23, or So Real El Rey as he is professionally known, is a Florida-based music producer and songwriter. So Real El Rey hails from Moultrie, Georgia, but currently resides in Mascotte, Florida [located 40 miles outside of Orlando]. He gravitated toward making beats due to his love for music. So Real El Rey is a self-taught producer who started crafting beats when he was only 13-years old. He started making beats on a desktop, in FL Studio, under the mentorship of J-Flow, whom he stat

Smoke 2911 was born in Rockford Illinois he has had a lot of success with his YouTube channel over the last year and decided to venture out into the music world and Spotify iTunes
he hit success with his smash single broken which was featured on power 77 radio on Instagram and shortly thereafter became the newest member of 50 artist 50 states and now has formed amazing partnership with his new freind Chico Star the newest single out after his success with the Wounded Warriors Project is this Smas

No matter how far or near you are moving, home shifting is a chaotic, tiresome and troublesome task that consumes lots of time and money. Packing the entire household goods and moving them safely at the new location is really a tough task for an individual to handle alone especially if moving to a long distant place. This will consume lots of time, energy and means and still there is no assurance of the safe relocation. In that case what you should do so that you can move safely to a long distan

If only being called a "nobody" stopped the now Award-Winning Entrepreneur, CEO, Investor, Humanitarian, Speaker and Author, Velma Trayham. Velma’s story of transformation, passion, focus, drive, determination and purpose, that relates to all individuals, leaving her with the ability to connect with others based on her real-life experiences.  As you listen to Velma, you will experience the depths of a woman who has overcome many obstacles to get to where she is today. Now, the CEO of a multinati

Stack Cheese is a artist originating from the "Bay Area" by way of East Palo Alto ca,with one of the most unique rap style's in Hip Hop today. From 2016 to 2017(Stack Cheese)has been one of the most consistent artist in the game... with the release of R #3.5 second quarter 2016 that he also did a promotional tour for with dates in New York,Los Angeles and San Francisco..according to Stack was a great opportunity to market,promote but most of all network. But he didn't stop there...first quarter

Praise Buhari, APC Govs, others for supporting Oyegun

The prospect of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun retaining his job after June 14, 2018 is seen as having more resonance now.

South-South leaders on Friday threw their weight behind Oyegun for building APC, advancing progressive ideas, supporting the government and championing the rights of members.

“We agreed to task Oyegun with the job of managing the All Progressives Congress (APC) till 2022” the leaders said.

At a meeting to chalk out the position of

It is important to look for the best packers and movers company to have safe and stress-free relocation experience. But finding a reliable and trusted moving company is a tough and challenging task too as they are in several numbers and all of them claim themselves to be the best amongst other which actually confuse the relocator to select the best one. Therefore, you must be aware of the prominent qualities of a reliable and trusted movers and packers so that you can identify between rogue move

Virginia rapper 7city Ghost Blanco links up with a hometown videographer, VidLord, to bring you the visual for his latest single, In Love. This track was produced by GB36 out of Houston and matches the turnt up vibe in the video. There is plenty of ass, cash, and flash in Blanco’s first VidLord visual. Go check it out now on YouTube: 
https://youtu.be/YNfu-pdJ9j4
Look forward to more heat dropping this summer. Subscribe to the Virginia rapper’s website at http://7cgroyalblancobbp.com/ to stay up t

Moving to a new city is a hectic and tiresome process especially if you are shifting with the entire household goods and your family. You have to search for a good place to move in if the destination is not yet decided. So, here are some tips that will help you to move to a new city without any hassles:

Plan Early

Relocation takes lots of times as you have to go through several phases while moving and shifting your home. Packing your stuff will take lots of time and then also arranging the packing

The Global Rise of Afrobeat:

Nigerian-Ghanaian Afrobeat artist, Akeju, has created a buzz with his new single Kiss and Tell which has been well received within the US and globally. To continue the momentum, Akeju has collaborated with Beenie Man, the Jamaican Grammy award-winning artist, also popularly known as the "King of Dancehall," whose popular songs include Sim simma; Girl de sugar; Rum & Redbull.

The remix was premiered on Sunday, April 1, 2018 on New York's #1 hip hop station Power 10

Rising percussionist and MC discusses how studying jazz has influenced his work as a hip-hop artist.

Since the introduction of the Walkman, to see a teenager with a pair of headphones or earbuds on is a common sight. We now have decades of parents complaining about the mind numbing effect of having music pumped into your ears all of the time as well as the isolating effect of personal listening devices. For musicians this activity is a form of studying as opposed to escapism. Such is the case wit

MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2018

Breaking News: Marvin X agrees to write The Untold Story of the Black Student Revolution at San Francisco State University

Dr. Nathan Hare, first Chair of Black Studies on a major college 

campus at San Francisco State College/University,

Sociologist and Clinical Psychologist.  Dr. Nathan Hare 

and his student/associate Marvin X. Marvin X was part of

the initial visionary students at SFSU. He was a TA in the

English/Creative Writing Department, later taught in Black Studies

and Rad