Seven-time Stellar Award-winner, Grammy-nominated, and Billboard Award winner JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise are set to release their 10th album, "Miracle Worker," accompanied with the release of relationship book with wife Trina Hairston titled, "A Miracle Marriage." Songwriter JJ Hairston has been making headlines with the 2017 hit "You Deserve It," sang throughout churches everywhere. Now, single “Miracle Worker" has [More]
Newcomer Christinna O releases the new EP, 'Girl In Passing.' The R&B songbird is not only a musician but a poet. She has competed in the NAACP’s national poetry competition and Temple University’s poetry collective Babel, which includes a small group of poets, rappers and musicians. Christinna started music and poetry in her early teen years to deal with the [More]
Rapper Cozy the Saint releases two of his three-part EP series, '504TUNATE.' Formerly known as Cozy with the Curls, he changed his name to honor his hometown New Orleans and NFL Sports Team The Saints. Back in 2017, Cozy was featured on the VH1 show “Signed,” which featured music moguls Lenny S. of Rock Nation, Rick Ross of Maybach Music [More]
It's been a couple of years since we last heard from platinum-selling singer/songwriter Verse Simmonds. Back just in time for a Summertime fling(s), the "Liquor & Misunderstanding" hitmaker returns with hot new UK production duo Sons of Sonix as they hit the beach for debut video, "Full Speed." In the debut, Verse and Sons take a trip out to Los [More]
Soul/R&B veteran Angie Stone makes her return to music with the brand new album, Full Circle, and we're here for it. The 10 songs project is headed by the lead single "Dinosaur," and is supported by a collection of soulful gems that convey stories of love, joy, pain, and discovery. One listen and you will return to a moment of [More]
Grammy Award-winning R&B songstress Elle Varner returns with her highly-anticipated new album, Ellevation, Entertainment One (“eOne”). Headed by the singles "Loving U Blind," "Pour Me" featuring Wale, and "Kinda Love," the project features nine songs that continues to showcase Varner's growth as a soul singer and songwriter. 'Ellevation' was executive produced by Varner and features Rapsody, songwriting by Stacy Barth [More]
Rockstarr Music Group, the home of female rap veteran Trina, releases a music video from new artist Lyriq Tye. Titled "Hide," and produced by Grammy-nominated producer JoBlaq, the song and visual showcases the South Florida based singer-songwriter's musical stylings as she brings her artistry to the masses. Directed by Anton Forbes, he describes “Hide” as a music video that seeks [More]
R&B singer/songwriter Guordan Banks releases the brand new music video for his single, "Can’t Keep Runnin'." The Philadelphia native has been in the music industry since 2014 making buzz with his 'A Song for Everyone' mixtape and breakout single "Keep You in Mind." Since then he has provided his smooth vocals on various tracks including Meek Mills’s “Heaven or Hell” [More]
Michael and Tanya Trotter have an all-American origin story. I had the pleasure to speak to the married members of War and Treaty on July 4th, before the sun came down and the fireworks were ignited. Very apt, seeing as they are an Americana band, a genre populated by the likes of Leon Bridges and The Luminners. War and Treaty [More]
Grammy award-winning singer and R&B superstar Brandy performed at the 2019 Essence Festival, which celebrated 25 years of moving the culture forward, in New Orleans. Brandy took the stage at the 25-year celebration concert with an outstanding performance taking long-time fan on a trip down memory lane with some of her popular 90’s R&B songs which included “I Wanna Be [More]
