“DEI” is basically just a stand-in for the N word now

Such a cool conversation between legendary hip hop group De La Soul and YouTube’s Director of Black Music and Culture Tuma Basa. Read about their music, what they’ve learned and what they want to pass on to the next generation: blog.youtube/inside-youtube…

Boss was a pleasure to work with. Tracey Waples fought hard to sign her and helped raise money for health care. #RIP

BREAKING: Prosecutors in Fulton County have dropped murder and other charges against Ludacris’ longtime manager, Chaka Zulu, after they determined he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a 23-year-old during a fight in the parking lot of his Buckhead.WSB-TV

Wale gets honored with his own day in DC after performing at his sold out show

RIP Legend Coach Bob Knight

The #YoutubeAvenues @youtube YouTube Music in Baltimore was amazing ‼️ My favorite part was watching my guys NoExcusez & money jake get their flowers 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Keep killing the game #InRealLife 💯💯💯

Salute 🫡 to the organizers & all who attended 🤞🏽

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Thanks again to J1, Tuma Basa, Tim Hinshaw, @thequeenBRI, & Erik ‘Stens’ Stensvaag for sharing your insights on our #HipHop50 panel!

And shoutout to the Old Man Ebro and Chery Seinfeld for contributing to our Streaming Hip-Hop Forward 2023 report: dima.org/streaming-hip-…

S/O Tuma Basa YouTube Music Avenues and @wallo267 for putting on the my city

Wallo & Gillie have a interview with Joe Budden dropping on Sunday 👀

YouTube is celebrating 50 years of hip-hop with FIFTY DEEP, a selection of activations to honor the cultural milestone. More from Tuma Basa, YouTube's Director of Black Music & Culture: yt.be/MtMCA

Introducing 'Fifty Deep' – YouTube’s tribute for not just Year 50 of Hip Hop.. but for Year 51, 52, 53… into perpetuity. Check blog below for more info. #FiftyDeep #HipHop50 #Respect YouTube YouTube Music

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🇺🇸🇷🇼 VIDEO: Watch highlights from our ‘Afternoon with Arsenal & #Rwanda ’ at Rwanda in USA during Arsenal’s USA pre-season tour, where legends Ray Parlour & @Lauren12Arsenal were hosted by Mathilde Mukantabana and talked about their remarkable experiences in #Rwanda and some of…

I will say this again. The female rap space is the most exciting space to me right now. So much talent, so much hunger!!!

.The Blog Era Podcast podcast is not just about music.

It's a story about capitalism, about race, about technology, about youth and belief and guts and honor & art.

It's about the American Dream achieved & snatched away.

Listen wherever you get your pods or at theblogera.fm

Sacramento should’ve been honored that E-40 was there. It should’ve been E-40 night. Considering everything, it shoulda be a celebration for all of Northern California. But instead some Sacramento folks can’t help but Sacramento all over themselves. Sorry, E-4O.

.@pusha_t is an all time great. last year i asked him about the availability of one of his best songs, “exodus 23:1”.

I went back and watched the Burna Boy set again this morning from Dreamville Fest and man that guys is an elite performer. I definitely gotta go to that NY stadium show, that boy doing it in Queens too 🔥🔥🔥.

“Caitlin Clark is fun to watch but I tuned in to see the refs” - said no one, ever

Not one bit