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The joyous sounds of Casey Jr, rolled into Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. The huffing and puffing of the rustic steam engine was an indicator that closely following by would be the promise of magic and wonder as soon as it arrived. For on that train came the legendary cast and director that would bring […]
Independent hip- hop artists rejoice. There’s a new platform in town. MyMy Hip Hop is the streaming music platform that allows listeners to discover and help promote new independent hip-hop artists. Popular radio personality on Eminem’s Sirius XM Shade 45 channel, Yves “DJ Whoo Kid” Mondesir is in collaboration with MyMy Hip Hop.
The hope for the platform is to help these emerging talents expand their careers through playlists and a digital voting system. “The artists I’ve discovered on MyMy Hip Hop are 100% legit,” said Whoo Kid.
“By featuring these tracks on my playlist, these artists will get industry exposure to agents, record producers, and some of the top performers in the hip-hop industry.”
MyMy Hip Hop is the only streaming site which utilizes blind judging, allowing listeners to rate randomly-queued tracks without any additional information about the artist that may influence how songs are rated. Top performing tracks and artists are then promoted by the site.
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According to a recent release, MyMy Hip Hop, launched in 2017, is the first genre-specific streaming platform from MyMy Music. The goal for the blind judging feature is to eliminate any potential bias related to an artist’s name, appearance, hometown, connections, or any other personal information. Tracks are judged and ranked solely on the merit of the music. The platform is 100% community driven allowing the audience to drive the catalog.
“Hip-hop fans come to our app to listen to the best-undiscovered hip-hop music in the world,” said MyMy Music President Shawn Pouliotte. “When industry veterans like Whoo Kid go to our site in search for hot, new hip-hop tracks, our artists are getting the benefit of exposure they can’t get anywhere else.”
Recently the company added, Jojo Brim, a music industry vet who has headed A&R at Arista Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Warner Music Group, and was previously the general manager for LaFace Records/Epic Records. He will take over the role as Head of Artist Relations for Hip Hop and R&B.
Click here to join in or witness the platform in action.
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The Grindhouse Airs 3.10.19
Howdy, AFROnerdists! You know the drill-it's The Grindhouse podcast as engineered by Afronerd Radio airing every Sunday at 6pm eastern. Join us as we discuss the following pop/pulp culture topics: writer/graphic novelist, Kwanza Osajyefo stops by to discuss the companion Kickstarter project to his highly successful BLACK comic entitled simply, WHITE; Marvel's latest MCU movie, Captain Marvell premiered this weekend and we give you our non spoiler impressions; a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology asserts that the prospect of driverless autos doesn't bode well for darker skinned pedestrians; horror genre filmmaker, Jordan Peele might have another blockbuster movie on his hands based on US' SXSW audience response; CW's Arrow, the show that launched the Berlanti-verse, will air it's final season (#8) with an abbreviated 10 episodes; more on Suicide Squad 2 and Idris Elba's casting; and with the passing of actor, Luke Perry, the NY Post highlights the angst of Generation X; more on R. Kelly via CNN's usage of a body language expert; more on Rupert Wyatt's Captive State. And lastly, Meet the Skrulls #1 comic release sounds like the premise for a TV series (prediction?). Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
And then there's the alternate R. Kelly interview, courtesy of SNL: