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Education Through Music Gala 2025: Making Minds Sing
Education Through Music (ETM) is a premier nonprofit organization that provides educational equity through a lasting music program to nearly 20,000 students in under-resourced schools in New York City. On Thursday, May 15th, the
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Elliott Wilson Experience Episode Three features Common and Pete Rock
Elliott Wilson released the third episode of his podcast Elliott Wilson Experience featuring Common and Pete Rock. In this episode, Common recalls overlooking Kanye West’s stardom and says “I’m victim too, Ye was trying to give me beats back like
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COMMON AND PETE ROCK TEAM UP FOR VIDEO SINGLE “WISE UP”
After much speculation of the two creating new music, Common and Pete Rock released their new single “Wise Up”! Wise Up” sonically touches on their Golden Age of Hip Hop with a contemporary feel, universal to any era
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DJ PREMIER AND COMMON DROP VIDEO FOR “IN MOE” (SPECULATION)
Before the surprise surprise release of Beats That Collected Dust, Vol. 3 in September, it had been over a decade (Vol. 2 was released in 2011) since DJ Premier released a volume of the fan-favorite series. As is
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Jermaine Dupri Joins Ne-Yo, Common, Eric Bellinger, Rotimi, Kirk Franklin & More on “Change” to Benefit the Social Change Fund!
GRAMMY-winning, mega-hit makers, Jermaine Dupri, Ne-Yo, Johnta Austin & Brian Michael Cox have joined forces to rally a lineup of music superstar friends for a new single titled, “CHANGE.” (via So So Def Recordings)
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DJ Aktive Collabs With DJ Jazzy Jeff, Common, Freeway & Bri Steves For New “The City” Visual
Philadelphia’s own DJ Aktive recently released a stellar video collaboration with DJ Jazzy Jeff, Common, Freeway and Bri Steves called “The City” which is a fairly nostalgic track paying homage to the artist’s hometowns,
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Hip-Hop Star Common Named the MVP of the 2020 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game
The 2020 NBA All-Star weekend events are underway in Chicago this weekend, and on Friday night, the NBA got the party started with the 2020 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game. As some of
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Event Recap: The 12th Annual Roots Picnic
What better way to kickstart the Summer than a road trip to Philly for the annual Roots Picnic. For the past few years, Maria Myraine has covered the annual music festival on behalf of
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