Rapper, businessman, and sustainability advocate Akon is definitely the perfect fit as the cover story for Innovation & Tech Today’s first issue of 2017. While he may be best known as an award-winning hip-hop artist, Akon has also spent the past few years spearheading Akon Lighting Africa,
Rap artist Tupac Shakur's gold and diamond medallion obtained from a close family relation. It is believed that the indentation at bottom was caused by a bullet strike from the mortal wounding of Shakur in Las Vegas on Sep. 13, 1996. The medallion will be sold at "The Black Heritage Auction" in Brooklyn, N.Y. on April 7th, 2017, the same day Shakur will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame a few blocks away.
On April 7th rap legend Tupac Shakur will be inducted into the Rock and Rol
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Go behind the scenes with the girls of M&M Promotions Presents: Bigga Plug Artist showcase and networking event going down April 21st in Birmingham, Al at Reflections (1000 3rd ave w) - You can thank us later. Jamanda, Jessica Rappit, Dynasty P, Kenyetta, Sumintra Leonese and Tekiiona prove that preforming isn't the only reason people are attending this event, with photo shoots so mind blowing we decided to do a story about this event.
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With the combination of a dynamic sound, heavy-hitting bars and steamy sex appeal Brooklyn N.Y, multi-talented singer, rapper and songwriter Harmoney is back again with a new hot single “DRIP” that is currently creating a strip club frenzy up north.
If you have set foot in any of the top exotic dance clubs in the tri-state area lately you must have heard his unique voice laid over a rich, heavy bass blaring through the speakers. Harmoney is currently on a promotional tour for his new self-titled
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Zili Dantò performs performs the Nago for Breaking Sea Chain (See also Intro to Breaking Sea Chains)By Andrew Stratton The engagement process is a concrete tradition; one buys a diamond ring worth three times their salary or more, gets down on one knee at a meticulously planned or spontaneous event, and proposes to their loved one. Weeks, months, or years later they marry, with gold bands and the one engagement ring to show for it. But how did diamonds cement themselves as the stone that symbolizes a betrothal?
There are a few different theories as to the beginning of this tradition, dating
M&M Promotions is hosting "Bigga Plug" at Club Reflections in Birmingham to expose artists to influencers in the hip hop industry. Even though open mic nights have been hosted in the city, often it is simply artists performing for other artists. Now, M&M Promotions is offering the opportunity to perform for people who have the influence to help the artists make the next right move in their career. This is more than open mic night - it's an opportunity you don't want to miss!
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| Styles of Imagination.com: 2017 Fall Collection |
According to Fashion Designer Diane Linston, fashions should always be high-key, up beat and fashionably fun. Sequins fashions is still a hot trend for the 2017 fall season and Linston has her finger on the pulse of glitz and glamour with style creations that transcend from business casual to red carpet glamour. If you still think that sequins are only good for a night out, then Diane Linston, creative director of Style of Imagi
African Americans Still Underrepresented in the Retail Market In Spite of Holding the Highest Collective Buying Power in the United States.
Digitally empowered, social media savvy, and with a higher consciousness about the type of businesses their money supports, millennial consumers are letting their voices be heard when it comes to dictating the trends that retailers must follow. No group is seen to have a higher spending power, and more influence on popular culture than African Americans.
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The First Lady Of Song Honored With Several Album Releases and Exhibits Exploring Her Extraordinary Legacy and Remarkable Career.
Throughout 2017 to April 2018, the 100th anniversary of Ella Fitzgerald's birthday (April 25, 1917) will be celebrated across the world with prestigious exhibits, a trove of new music releases and myriad independent tributes and concerts.
The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Verve Label Group and UMe are pleased to announce some of the major initiatives confirmed
March 8th is International Women's Day, which in Mozambique is celebrated under the motto: "Women in the World of Work in Change: For a Planet 50-50 in 2030". I want to associate with this movement of recognition in Women, particularly in Mozambican Women, our grandmother, our mother, our sister, our wife, our daughter, our friend, our colleague, for the passage of this day.
There is no doubt that women have always demonstrated their selflessness, dedication and sacrifice in those they develop
From beginning to end, That Church Life has you on the edge of your pew. What made this book a page turner: Three ladies on different spiritual paths that come to a head at the beginning of a major tragedy. The book unfolds as Missy, the preachers kid and heir to the megachurch throne is broken, bloody and on the run in these Durham, North Carolina streets!
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“Some Ideals propagated by Christianity like, “Love your enemies,” “Turn the other cheeks,” “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us,” “My kingdom is not of this world,” have no place in European life.
They make sense only when we see how it was successfully used by Europeans to confuse and dominate the world.
“Love your enemies,” or “Forgive us our trespasses...” are not ideals by which any European will abide; yet they are the ideals that European missionarie
Y'all remember the movie "Brown Sugar", right? Sanaa Lathan and Taye Diggs play besties who bond over hip-hop. Sanaa's character is a self-assured and serious hip-hop head named Sydney who is appointed a high-powered position at hip-hop magazine XXL. By the end of the movie, she finds love (where it usually is - right in front of her the whole damn time) and decides to step out on her own and start her own magazine.
Well guess what? I met a real life maven in the music media industry! Kira Ming i
For DaVonna May, fashion has been her passion and now it is a career. I stumbled across the BellaDonna PrimaDonna Instagram page over a year ago and noticed immediately based on the items she had available for purchase, this was an entrepreneur who has a serious eye for accessories. When I reached out to her, we spoke on the phone and she immediately confirmed my suspicions. DaVonna is an artist - this woman has worked with various photographers and creative directors for music videos, commercia
So, once again, the president assembled some Christian priests and together they prayed for the nation. At the end of the jamboree, they declared a 7-day prayer for the country.
Ah!
Are we ever going to learn in this country?
Readers will agree that this column has consistently maintain the principled stance that prayers are no substitutes for thinking and planning.
My younger brother’s favourite saying is: ‘Prayer is not a strategy,’ and I fully subscribe to it.
It is difficult to know for what exac
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