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A brand deal is a partnership between a recording artist and a brand, where the brand pays the artist to promote their products or services.  This can take various forms, including: Endorsements: The artist endorses the brand’s products in exchange for payment, either through social media posts, advertisements, or in-person appearances. Sponsored content: The artist […]

This month is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! We’re celebrating by showing off some incredible AAPI artists who you definitely don’t want to miss this year. Start your day off right by turning up the volume on these badass artists… 🔊 AAPI Artist You Don’t Want To Miss in 2024 ASHWYN “After five

Response coming in May? Star talks why Kendrick Lamar has not released, giving the only logical reason of anyone in media why it hasn’t released. With our time very limited in media viewing these days, we took a moment to catch up on a few episodes on one of the only platforms we watch. Last

Not feeling great lately? Here are four simple rules to live by that are bound to put some extra spring in your step and get you focused on doing what you love. by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Most of us work in a studio at home these days, and while walking the 10 steps

Alicia Keys’s Hell’s Kitchen heads into the 77th Annual Tony Awards with 13 nominations. The semi-biographical musical tied Stereophonic for the most noms in 2024. Hell’s Kitchen made it into the Best Musical category. Three performers from the show also earned acting nods. Additionally, Michael Greif scored a  Best Direction of a Musical nomination. Alicia

YouTube offers tons of features to help creators like you optimize the money they’re making from the platform. Are you utilizing everything they have to offer? If not, here are some big ones you definitely don’t want to miss in 2024… 7 Ways To Make Money on YouTube as a Musician YouTube Partner Program The

As the first full week of testimony wrapped up in the historic Donald Trump hush money trial, jurors were granted a three-day weekend to mull over what they had heard. After over 10 hours of detailed testimony across four days, David Pecker, the former chief of American Media Inc., concluded his time on the witness

Nick Moore is the General Manager of Thriller Records, which was founded by Bob Becker (the founder of Fearless Records) in 2021. He is also the founder of InVogue Records, which he launched in 2009. via A2IM Q: Tell us about how you got your start in the music industry and how it led to the work you

What’s HappeninFrom radio to television, La La Anthony just keeps expanding her brand, but always keeps hip-hop part of it.Interview: Aleia WoodsEditor’s Note: This story appears in the Spring 2024 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. As a proud member of 50 Cent’s Powerverse, La La Anthony has found her groove as an actress with