Ro James: “I feel like even a lot of the singers are trying to do rap music and trap.”

BTN STAFF R & B singer Ro James talked about the decline of his genre of music in an interview with Gigwise.com. “They give you crumbs to promote it because they don’t really believe in

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I was just about to watch the show “The Get Down” and then Netflix Cancels it

BTN STAFF Well that was fast! After only one season, Netflix has pulled the plug on Hip Hop based show ‘The Get Down.’ The show aired its first six episodes in 2016 and the last

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Lady Hip Hop Group The Sequence were Hip Hop’s First Southern Group and Coined the Phrase ‘Gangsta Rap’. So why don’t they Get the Respect They Deserve?

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer The Sequence was a  Hip Hop group out of South Carolina that was signed to the legendary Sugar Hill records in the late seventies and early eighties.  They had a

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I Bet There are No Black People Attempting to Climb Mount Everest

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Over the past four weeks, there have been 10 people who have died attempting to climb Mount Everest. Since 1953,  there have been 5,000 successful attempts and over 300 people

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Four Things That You Always See When You Go To A Club/ Bar

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Recently I decided to go out to a club for the first time in over a year. A friend of mine was basically saying that I have been living like

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Black Male Leaders Shape Black Students

By Bryson Kantrell Green Article Submission As the country celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week, I’m grateful for the Black male educators in our low-income communities. They inspired me as a child and shaped my career path

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Fubu Founder and Shark Tank Star Daymond John On His Battle With Thyroid Cancer

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Shark Tank star Daymond Jones who got his start as one of the founders of Fubu clothing line opened up about his discovery that he had Thyroid Cancer. In an

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Will Epic Records Continue To Support Artists Signed By L.A Reid After His Departure?

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Recently news surfaced that music executive L.A Reid was leaving his position at Epic Records. His move came shortly after former Columbia Records executive Rob Stringer took the job as

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