Greenwood launches inclusive banking, targeting racial wealth divide

Greenwood founders -- Michael Render (Killer Mike), Andrew Young, and Ryan Glover This past Tuesday, the Black-led banking platform Greenwood announced the General Access platform – expanding Greenwood’s spending, saving, and financial services to all. Founded in 2020 by rapper Killer Mike, former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young, and media executive Ryan Glover, Greenwood got its name from the Black Tulsa neighborhood that white racists destroyed in the 1920s. According to […]

April 21, 2023

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Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92

Ahmad Jamal, pictured in 2016. Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images For most jazz performers, a song is part of a performance. For Ahmad Jamal, each song was a performance. Over the course of a remarkable eight-decade career, Jamal, who passed away Sunday at the age of 92, created stellar recordings both as an ambitious youth and a sagely veteran. Jamal's death was confirmed by his daughter, Sumayah Jamal. He died […]

April 17, 2023

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Brandee Younger’s ‘brand new’ mission to solidify the harp as a jazz music staple

Brandee Younger; Credit: Erin O'Brien Most people think of the harp as an instrument primarily meant for classical music, but harpist and composer Brandee Younger is working to change that perception. She is championing the harp as an instrument for jazz. Younger’s newest album "Brand New Life" aims to illustrate the harp as a focal instrument in jazz. The project is inspired by another trailblazing jazz harpist, Dorothy Ashby, whose music […]

April 11, 2023

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CopyWrite Magazine Puts Milwaukee’s Black and Brown Streetwear Culture on Center Stage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37xKbJ0iujY The history of streetwear dates back to the late ‘70s and ‘80s when the industrial workforce created a more casual style of clothing that eventually became everyday lifestyle wear. This has now turned into a global trend where streetwear is displayed in all creative forms, including the music industry, runway fashion and collaborations between big brands like Louis Vuitton and Gucci. In Milwaukee, streetwear culture is a fusion of […]

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HYFIN presents hip-hop jazz artist Emmitt James on May 26 at The Back room

HYFIN is proud to introduce a new live series called 'Latest & Greatest.' Inspired by the Instagram series hosted by HYFIN's Anthony Foster. On May 26 at The Back Room at Colectivo, the first show will feature hip-hop jazz artist Emmitt James, NilexNile and A.C. The Ruler. From the press release: After spending the last eight years in Los Angeles, Hip Hop-Jazz artist Emmitt James returns to the city that […]

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Introducing HYFIN Verified

Starting this month, we are proud to present HYFIN Verified. HYFIN Verified will highlight five artists celebrating the culture and creating exciting music each month. Each month, HYFIN's DJ Element will feature five artists from various genres, including hip-hop, jazz, Afrobeats, and artists that blur the lines between genres. HYFIN Verified proudly presents Tobe Nwigwe, Little Simz, Q, Moonchild, and Adi Oasis for the first month. These artists have been […]

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Beauty is in the eye of the male gaze: DreamDoll, Doechii and Baby Tate

DreamDoll, Doechii and Baby Tate Amanda Howell Whitehurst for NPR In 2019, DreamDoll vlogged about her body being 100% plastic-free. In 2021, Baby Tate clapped back at body-shaming trolls on social media. And in 2022, Doechii appeared in the visual for her major label debut completely nude. What do these three moments in time, and these three unique artists, have in common? The subversion of the male gaze. The male […]

March 31, 2023

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Grammy-winning jazz singer Samara Joy joins for concert and conversation

Samara Joy comes from a family of gospel singers and has been singing all her life. In her teens, she performed as a soloist in her church choir, but her career really launched in 2019, when, as a college student, she won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. "I was definitely an imitator of Sarah Vaughan for a while," Joy says. "Every time I listened to a recording of […]

March 31, 2023

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Vice President Harris wiped away tears as she toured Ghana’s Cape Coast slave castle

Vice President Harris wiped away tears as she toured the dungeons of Ghana's Cape Coast slave castle on Tuesday, and said the experience underscored that the history of enslaved people must be taught and remembered. Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff spent about an hour at the site, and passed through the Door of No Return, known as the final step before those who were kidnapped were forced onto ships […]

March 29, 2023

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Greenwood launches inclusive banking, targeting racial wealth divide

Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92

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CopyWrite Magazine Puts Milwaukee’s Black and Brown Streetwear Culture on Center Stage

HYFIN presents hip-hop jazz artist Emmitt James on May 26 at The Back room

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Beauty is in the eye of the male gaze: DreamDoll, Doechii and Baby Tate

Grammy-winning jazz singer Samara Joy joins for concert and conversation

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