Tony and Grammy Award-winning, "In the Heights" composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda knows how to grab the audience's attention, bring forth stellar performances and pay homage to Washington Heights.
Once again, he's is taking it back to the streets of 'The Heights,' but this time he's doing it through Pivot's new TV series, "Freestyle Love Supreme," the on-screen version of Miranda's popular stage show featuring freestyle rap.
Panamanian and Puerto Rican Hip-Hop artist Vonna Jewelz has been dubbed an "Artist to Watch" by Urban Daily, called a "force to be reckoned with," and has been compared to a "young MC Lyte."
Also known as "V Juicy," the female emcee, whose mother is Puerto Rican and her father is Panamanian, has been coached by J-Roc, King Logan and BK Brasco -- and most notably, mega-producer Timbaland, who has worked alongside Grammy-winning artists, Justin Timberlake, Jay Z and Nelly Furtado, among others.
The third Saturday of every April marks the annual tradition of Record Store Day. Beginning in 2007, Record Store Day has been a day for record storeowners and music enthusiasts to celebrate a day honoring the record store culture.
The highly anticipated nominations for the 56th annual Grammys has arrived over the weekend, and the list suggests that it will be a quite memorable night, especially for hip-hop.
