From boho fringe to bold crochet, Ciara’s historic editorial shoot celebrates global Black womanhood, music, fashion, and a ...

A South African rising artist, Blulyt, has released a new single titled Shak’a Wena, produced by Teez Smart and distributed by Nigerian record label, Pond Entertainment.The track, now available on ...

Burna Boy becomes first Nigerian artist to headline legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, marking historic milestone for African ...

Through immersing himself in the evolving world of music tech, Luis Acevedo (aka Style) found a growing interest in the ...

One of the biggest challenges to making "Ain't too Proud to Beg" was mastering the award-winning Broadway musical's ...

The Life and Times of the Temptations” recounts how young Black men from Detroit created a lasting musical legacy.

Akinyemi Ayinoluwa is a Nigerian entertainment lawyer, recently named to Billboard's 2025 Top Music Lawyers list. This honor recognizes him as one of the most influential legal figures shaping today's ...

Mercer Records is a fascinating chapter in Ellington’s career, yet another example of a 20 th-century Black jazz artist pursuing what decades later would come to be down as the “DIY” or Do ...

Thanks to a new book, people will discover scores of Black artists and record labels of Illinois — obscure and popular alike. The Numero Group’s “Soul Music of Illinois” is a comprehensive ...

For Power Goth Recordings, a label is all about leaning into community, learning to do it yourself and then putting out great music. The Denver label is run by Broken Record vocalist Lauren ...

The record label — named after Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, an opera singer nicknamed “The Black Swan” — had its own pressing plant, Pace Phonograph Corporation, to cut its releases.

Record labels are the only ones that can provide the big money that artists need. They have the right connections. Even Davido, the son of a billionaire, is signed to a record label,” he explained.