A 2020 report by the University of Southern California pointed to shocking statistics about inequality in the music industry. This 2021 survey of 401 woman creatives adds context to those numbers, including some of the three biggest challenges women face.
Reeling from over a year of pandemic crisis, the famed Chicago-based festival
returns with headliners including Foo Fighters, Post Malone, DaBaby and Megan
Thee Stallion.
After too many good late night conversations with friends, T-Pain realized it
was time to record and make a podcast. Nappy Boy Radio launches early June 2021.
A collaboration between hip hop and visual artists created the first Porsche 911
art car of the century—and an NFT. It’s not all fun and games though. These
artists tell why NFTs could be major to changing the music industry.
The Ultimate Rap League, or URL, is an online battle rap channel hosted by
streaming service Caffeine. Since February 2020, it’s grown by the millions and
given a new space to battle rap, especially during the pandemic.
A designer and musical education executive got together to write a book on what
music can teach us. “Two Beats Ahead” is divided into nine lessons, or “musical
mindsets.” Read for three lessons applicable to daily life.
Just 3% of the cannabis market share is owned by Black people. Kanye West’s
manager just joined a national conglomerate that’s fighting for racial equity in
the industry.
Gender inequality is particularly an issue in the music industry where a sliver
of all producers are women. Barbie just made a doll and donation hoping to
change that.
After years of pandemic hiatus, Corinne Bailey Rae is getting ready to go back
on tour. She’s also working on a new project, taking much inspiration from
Theaster Gates’s Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago.
Sueños, a first-of-its-kind reggaetón festival, debuted in Chicago on Memorial
Day weekend with over 45,000 attendees and headliners like J Balvin. Festival
co-founders share how they got here and the future of Sueños.