Bette Braxton, longtime friend of the Brotherhood Crusade and Bakewell Media, recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a surprise party hosted by Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., because, he said, “We all love her!”
Every year the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players list highlights the year’s most influential music executives and leaders in the industry.
Before January 3, 1989, white men dominated late night television shows. Audiences were familiar watching white musicians, comedians, and actors have their shot at performing in front of millions. Usually black artists were a dime in a dozen. But on that day, Hollywood finally gave birth to something it was missing. It marked the first episode of “The Arsenio Hall Show.” Unlike other talk shows, Arsenio Hall focused on providing black artists a shot of success. He gave artists such as Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg, and Prince the freedom to express themselves on a large national platform. The show was
Tisha Campbell, Debbie Allen and others return for the ninth annual performance at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.
Mariah Carey stopped by Pandora’s NYC office to chat about Caution and was presented with a Billions plaque for having close to 5 billion spins. In addition, she’s Pandora’s all-time leader for holiday songs with over 308 million spins alone for her classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”
Mariah Carey makes it through Times Square set unscathed
Liles left Def Jam in 2004 for Warner Music Group, where he served as the executive vice president until 2009.
The 6 God, rapper and singer will release his fourth studio album, Views From The 6 April 29 with featured single “Summer Sixteen.” Earlier this month, Drake released “Pop Style” featuring Jay Z and Kanye West. According to eurweb.com, “One Dance” has Drake singing the entire song in his croon vocals, complimented by WizKid and Kyla. “Pop Style” has the trio rhyming over an ominous beat. Drake goes as big as possible for the features on “Pop Style,” cleverly hidden as Kanye West and Jay Z collobrative album The Throne.” Both songs debuted within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.