Though all genres of Black music have been subjected to exclusion, commodification and whitewashing, Black ownership in music varies. While rap and hip-hop are largely...
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A Discogs user has compiled store suggestions from other forum members
Discogs are creating a digital directory of Black-owned record stores.
Launched in the Discogs forums, Forum user bekessler (aka Ben Kessler from Washington, D.C.) asked Forum...
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The bank will also donate five free meals to families in need for every customer who signs up to the platform
Killer Mike has launched a digital banking platform for Black and Latinx people.
The rapper and activist, who addressed Atlanta protestors in an emotional speech...
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Direct discrimination, battling assumptions, lower pay, and a lack of opportunity are just some of the problems laid out by the survey
A new study by Black Lives In Music has revealed that the majority of Black artists and music professionals have faced racism and discrimination in...
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The platform, formerly known as Black Bandcamp, relaunched on 5th May with a new website
Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) has relaunched as a significantly expanded platform, with a number of new initiatives to help people search for, contact and directly...
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Black-owned music organisations, radio stations and record labels are helping to create vital platforms for Black producers and DJs who’ve been held back by systemic...
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One of the most exciting new digital projects to emerge this year, Black Band Camp (blackbandcamp.info) is a volunteer-run, community-driven database for showcasing and directly...
Launched as a way of supporting artists and labels impacted through the coronavirus pandemic, DJ Mag started a weekly roundup of the most vital Bandcamp...
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
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As part of our special edition on fighting racism and racial injustice in the dance music industry, we have collated alphabetical lists of collectives, organisations...
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Two generations of Black women speak about their experiences in dance music
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Award-winning radio presenter and proponent of the diversity-focused Radio Silence movement, Kay-Lee Golding, explores the lack of Black representation in mainstream UK radio