This 1996 Law Was Meant to Save Radio. Instead, It Decimated Popular Black Music

From VICE: The Telecommuncations Act ushered in a new era of radio consolidation, flattening Black music to fit under one ad-friendly umbrella. “What we’ve noticed since the ‘90s is that this consolidation of commercial media ownership has allowed for an increasingly smaller number of people to impact what forms of Black cultural production become popular…

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a Maimouna Youssef Workshop!

Drs. Mark Bolden and Jared Ball had initially worked to bring Maimouna Youssef to Morgan State University for an Artist-in-Residence, a re-creation of the Dave Chappelle Block Party (in which she also participated) and to create workshops for students.  Well, Youssef finally made it to for this workshop which covered music production, performance, the politics…

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