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Posted on September 2, 2019
In September of 2019, We Found Hip Hop, an organization dedicated to celebrating women in hip hop, is hosting a retreat for women hip hop in Idlewood, MI. We Found Hip Hop’s mission is: “Our mission is to educate and empower the community through sharing love of the arts, inspiring growth, building leadership, and influencing…
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Posted on July 29, 2019
Kyler England is a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and producer. She is a part of the three person band The Rescues which was signed to Universal Republic. She is also a part of two musical duos Freckleland and The Fire & The Sea. The former is a children’s music duo; their music is described as…
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Posted on July 17, 2019
Terri Lyne Carrington, along with five others, has been named one of The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s 2019 Doris Duke Artists. Terri, who is a Grammy Award-winning drummer and the artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, received the award for her work in jazz. All Doris Duke Artists receive a…
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Posted on June 28, 2019
Last year, Vanessa Reed founded the Keychange 50/50 pledge which aimed to resolve a glaring gender disparity in festival lineups. Reed is the founder of Keychange, CEO of the PRS Foundation, and was named third most powerful woman in the music industry. This week BBC published an article that revealed updated goals for the 50/50…
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Posted on June 12, 2019
Spotify’s Sound Up Podcast Program is now accepting applications through June 21st. Sound Up is a Spotify program to support women of color who are also podcast creators. 10 applicants are chosen to attend a weeklong workshop in NYC and at the end of the program, participants will present their idea to a panel which…
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Posted on June 7, 2019
Earlier this year, Gender Amplified announced the creation of our very own label “The Deck” and the signing of our very first artist, Genesis Be. We have been very happy to have taken this initial step and we are excited about Genesis Be’s newest release “On Top”. She explains that her new sensual single is…
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Posted on June 4, 2019
As Neil Portnow’s term as CEO comes to an end, the Recording Academy has decided on his successor. Deborah Dugan has been appointed President/CEO of the Recording Academy. Dugan began her career as a mergers and acquisition lawyer on Wall Street, but became acquainted with the entertainment industry while serving as president Disney Publishing Worldwide…
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Posted on May 22, 2019
Sound Up is a program under Spotify which organizes “week long residential podcasting workshop[s]” for women of color. The first camp was held in New York, in September of 2018, and the second is being held in London, in November of 2019. As this endeavor continued to develop, a job opportunity has emerged to lead…
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Posted on May 16, 2019
Sarah Nabil is Bahrain’s first hip-hop producer and composer. The Kingdom of Bahrain is the smallest country in the Middle Eastern region of the world, and Nabil describes that they have “a music scene, not yet an industry” there. At seventeen, Nabil met her mentor DJ Outlaw and fell in love with the craft. However,…
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Posted on May 10, 2019
Bearcat is the alias of London born, Philadelphia based, artist Kerrie Ann Murphy. Bearcat is a DJ, producer, and makeup artist who has also offers creative direction for events such as Afropunk and Glastonbury. She has DJ’ed sets for artists including 21 Savage, CupcakKe, and bbymutha and has performed at the MoMA, Guggenheim, 29Rooms, and…