Whats Buzzing in the Streets – Page 15

Cuba Gooding Sr.

Cuba Gooding Sr. (April 27, 1944 – April 20, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He was the most successful lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who died unexpectedly of leukemia in 1971. According to Billboard, as the lead vocalist he scored five top 10 hits most notably, “Everybody Plays the Fool” (1972), peaking at No. 2 for three weeks, and peaking at No. 3 on Billboard′s all-genre Hot 100 list. “Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely” (1974), “Happiness Is Just Around the Bend” and “Rolling Down a Mountainside” were also top 10 hits on Billboard charts. He also recorded as a solo artist with hits of his own.

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How Kandiid App Founder Antoine Mclaughlin Revolutionized the Social Networking Market

It seems every few years a new social media platform appears out of nowhere, creating a buzz only to disappear in thin air somewhere in the universe. The reason for the early departure can’t be calculated or attributed to one particular element; however, most hold one characteristic, they failed to capture their audience. In a society accustomed to instant gratification and convenience, the application must provide beneficial dividends in the way it makes the user feel, react, and profit. Kandiid app founder, Antoine McLaughlin just may have struck gold with his social media platform which is gaining momentum on both the Google Play and iOS store. Since the initial release to the public in October 2021, the total number of unique downloads has exceeded 25,000+ and counting. Kandiid is the ultimate social platform that transforms everyday users into creators by providing resources and accessibility at the ease of a click.

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Unlike many other social media apps, Kandiid operates in a “Judgement Free Zone”, which mean comments are disabled to encourage true expression. Kandiid also does not shadowban or restrict creativity from users. The objective for Antoine is simple, “Kandiid is a vehicle of content driven by the people with the intent of empowerment”. Kandiid boasts the first of its kind, “Klub” feature, that’s accessible from the home screen – opening up a galaxy filled with possibilities. The user can monetize from digital art as well as linking crypto & NFT products. It’s totally up to the user. We’re talking about an entrepreneur’s wonderland! Simply create a profile, post your art, access a value, and publish for the world to see. Kandiid doesn’t call user’s followers or fans, instead the platform is based on CONNECTIONS!! Antoine stands behind the premise, “Your Network is Your Net Worth”, and believes everyone holds the capability to shape the narrative as a Kreator of every article of content created.

With the creation of NFT’s (Non Fungible Token) in 2014, the popularity has taken off with cryptocurrencies and subsequently the metaverse. Antoine saw a pivot in the past two years on the novel technology largely due in part to the Covid19 pandemic. In early 2020, Entrepreneurs and tech savvy individuals flocked to NFT’s as a method of placing value on content (digital art). As visionaries, the Kandiid team forecasted the shift and was determined to position Kandiid as the go-to marketplace for social media networks. Antoine’s intuition was a sure shot! In just two short years, the landscape of how crypto currencies and NFT’s are exchanged and sold can only be compared to the wild, wild, west. Kandiid’s unique interface offers users the ability for the average Joe to become an investor, hobbyist, or perhaps adapt an enterprise through a collection of art. The future for Kandiid is only at the maturation process in which Antoine explains, “From NFT’s, will spurn the metaverse, subsequently creating a blockchain of unlimited social interaction with versatile, scalable, and digital environments.

Today, Kandiid is in position to revolutionize the freedom of expression amongst social networking platforms. Antoine partnered with PubGenius, a team based out of Seattle to develop Kandiid. While pushing Kandiid to the gold standard; Antoine’s knew the recruitment of talent was imperative to the overall infrastructure, which ultimately resulted in a new regime of expertise to the platform. In the past year, Kandiid has gone through more than its share of changes as a new app build is released every month to coincide with a changing market and users. “It’s about giving the creators control of their domain,” Antoine explains. To further add validity to Kandiid, several key influencers in entertainment; D-Teck, Sho-time, Keith “Youngin” George, DjeFeezy & Stackpack, just to name a few, joined Kandiid as advisors and infrastructure heads to round out the Kandiid vision. In addition, the Executive team consists of a few heavyweights in the realm of entertainment and sports to include record executives Benny Pough and Lew Tucker. Also joining Kandiid as investors, NFL players ; Justin Bethel, Terrence Fede & Kyle Phillips enjoy the inner workings of creating an app. Hip-hop legend Soulja Boy was the first celebrity to join Kandiid as an equity holder on the strength of his belief in Antoine and the vision. Soulja Boy’s involvement has been a huge push in momentum!! In October 2021, Soulja Boy announced Kandiid nationally on the syndicated radio show – The Breakfast Club, which led to nearly 15,000 new users in a day, trending Kandiid as a Top #71 app.

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Keai Bagley & MCDOM Continue to create new music!

Every successful career, especially in the entertainment and music world, once had a starting point from which it took off. With growth comes structure and a platform to operate, which explains why record labels, talent and career management companies, and media representatives exist. Muzik Can Depend on Me, also known as MCDOM, is one of those platforms helping up-and-coming entertainers gain prominence and build lasting successful careers.

Founded by Keai Bagley from New Rochelle, MCDOM is a product of a never-dying passion for music and the art of entertainment. Keai Bagley took an interest in music at a very young age and began going to the studio in 1994. Famous Motown singer Tammy Terrel, who passed away before she was born, was her cousin, so naturally, She listened to a lot of her music and felt a deep connection to the music world. Joining the choir helped her advance musically. With musical influences from many artists from that era, including Mary J Blige, Keai Bagley armed herself with the ability to adapt and fine-tune her sound to suit her audience. She also took the opportunity to give songwriting a shot in the song titled “Late Night Creeps,” which she co-wrote.

Growing through the years, Keai Bagley & her husband Karim Bagley embraced the business part of music and set out to become a music executives by establishing MCDOM. Her goal with MCDOM is to create a platform to help break out artists into the limelight. “When people see MCDOM, I want them to think Bad Boy and how we’re positioned to become a big brand coming out of Mt. Vernon. We hope to bring real music and talent back to the music industry and give the fans nothing but the best,” Keai said.

MCDOM is currently on the lookout for talented musicians who are ready to work and be a part of a team focused on success. The record label is ready to throw its weight behind an original artist who has their own style and sound and is not scared to get into their creative mode. Keai Bagley has set up an extensive structure around MCDOM which stretches beyond just a record label to include marketing and promotion, merchandise, interview and magazine placements, video production, photoshoots, deal negotiations, and a host of other services it is capable of handling in-house. Also, outside entertainment and building talents’ careers, MCDOM runs MCDOM Cares, a non-profit focused on kids and gun violence to help the younger generation make better choices and lead better lives.

Muzik Can Depend on Me (MCDOM)’s strong suit lies in having the resources and relationships to get any artist into any label as long as the artist ticks all the boxes and the numbers add up. MCDOM has professionals who make things happen, and with the level of dedication they put in, it’s not very surprising to see the company achieve such landmark feats. The company has worked with a vast number of people on its roster, including producer Purple Chrome; TyFiff, KIlla,BedRoc,,Prodo, DJ Rasheen, DJ Bedtyme357, Spunk Bigga,, Viddyondabeat, Cyncere RUFF RYDERS RADIO, Mac357, Don from DLK ENT, Dax Shizzel, Husky, Scottie G, Drewski,DJ Kayslay, Doug Oliver, Sheababy tv, Bogod SBL, Chacemunna Music, Vina Brooklyn Unity Fest, Mt Vernon City Fest, SOBs, Webster Hall, Mike Hall, Fire, artists Kartelwitak,YounGod Boyking, Aveon Falstar, Freshpyd, Keyon Brown, Sugar & Spice, Londonnik, 929Reece, Swiss,Trigga Trav, Knucles, Beast Mode, Indoe, Oliver Groove, PBG The Prince, Zaymunna, Cinmunna, The Legion, Chiali, Drag_on, Ben Gordon, GMN, Deme God,, Realliechinke, JaydaMarie, Jadakiss RB Balla, Prada,Zoetified, Da Biggest, Queenrojalaleria, BK Dessy, Loweasy, Nate, RESPECT LIFE WEB SERIES, CURRENTLY IN PROJECT HEAT CT, SHOW UP FILMS, ELEVATED PROMOTIONS, 99 STYLES ENT, Londyn_Bridge(Sarah) S-Ron, ,YGZ(90’s) Genuine Beauty, The Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, Ma Baker, etc.; Instagram Sensation Chrissy Bunzz; iconic TV show host Wendy Williams; SHOTIMETV, Say Word Podcast, DJ Dsquared 107.1 Fm, KalDawson, Kevin Hunter, Mr Gee, actors Rich Dollaz, JamesR, and Bianca; fashion brands Sofia Davis and Mr. Don; Leavy Paul, MzToni, Baddiemalle, RARE Royalty Magazine, Code31Media, JEAN NELSON,(Atlantic Records) GREG EPPS,(TheBlueprintapp) ERICA HARRIS, (Sony) SHAWN GRAY,MOLECULES,(The Legion) Chucky Smash, Dice Man, and many other names in the entertainment industry.

Over the next few years, the goal for MCDOM is to have successful artists making waves and getting recognized by the world for their musical efforts. Keai sees the artists winning awards, signing deals with global companies, and becoming internet sensations.

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DJ Papi Blaze has performed live on stage with up and coming bands/artists, as well as established/known artists. This is where his precision of beat juggling, blending, scratching, and other DJ tricks were executed on the spot in front of live crowds.

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Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, record producer, activist and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre. She is known as the “First Lady of Neo-Soul” or the “Queen of Neo-Soul”.

Early in her career, Badu was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps. For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday. She was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films playing a range of supporting roles in movies such as Blues Brothers 2000, The Cider House Rules and House of D. She also speaks at length in the documentaries Before the Music Dies and “The Black Power Mixtapes”

Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright in Dallas, Texas on February 26, 1971. Her mother raised her, her brother (Jabbada), and her sister (Nayrok) alone after their father, William Wright Jr., deserted the family early in their lives. To provide for her family, the children’s grandmother often helped looking after them while Erykah’s mother, Kolleen Maria Gipson (Wright), performed as an actress in theatrical productions. Influenced by her mother, Erykah had her first taste of show business at the age of 4, singing and dancing with her mother at the Dallas Theatre Centre. Erykah Badu was the owner of Focal point in Dallas, Texas.

By the age of 14, Erykah was free-styling for a local radio station alongside such talent as Roy Hargrove. In her early youth, she decided to change the spelling of her name from Erica to Erykah, as she firmly believed her original name to be her slave name. The term ‘kah’ signifies the inner self. Badu is her favorite jazz scat sound and is also an African name for the 10th born child used for the Akan people in Ghana.

Upon graduating from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Badu went on to study theater at the historically black college Grambling State University.

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Method Man

Clifford Smith Jr. (born March 2, 1971), better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer and actor. He is known as a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He is also one half of the hip hop duo Method Man & Redman. He took his stage name from the 1979 film Method Man. In 1996, Smith won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, for “I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By”, featuring American R&B singer Mary J. Blige.

Smith has appeared in films such as Belly (1998), How High (2001), Garden State (2004), The Wackness (2008), Venom (2005), Red Tails (2012), Keanu (2016), and The Cobbler (2014). On television, he and frequent collaborator, fellow East Coast rapper Redman, co-starred on the short-lived Fox sitcom Method & Red. He has also had recurring roles in three HBO series, as Tug Daniels in Oz, Melvin “Cheese” Wagstaff in The Wire, and Rodney in The Deuce.

Born on March 2, 1971, in Hempstead, Long Island, Smith divided his childhood between his father’s Long Island residence and his mother’s home in the Park Hill section of Clifton, Staten Island, locally known as Killa Hill. He has two sisters, Terri and Missy.

As Wu-Tang Clan ascended to hip hop stardom, Method Man was always one of the most visible members of the collective. He was one of only two members to get a solo song on the group’s debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and he was the first to release a solo album under the Clan’s unusual contract which allowed its members to release albums under any record label. Method Man chose to sign with rap label Def Jam Recordings, although Elektra Records A&R man Dante Ross initially wanted to sign him around the same time Ross signed fellow group member Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Method Man’s solo debut, Tical (1994), was critically acclaimed and well received, entering the American charts at #4 and eventually selling in excess of one million copies. That album featured the hit single “All I Need”, later remixed featuring Mary J. Blige, which won a Grammy (“I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need”).

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Maurice Ashley

Maurice Ashley was born on this date in 1966. He is an African-American chess player, educator and Grand Master.

From St. Andrew, Jamaica he moved to Brooklyn, NY with his family at age 12. His brother was the source of his learning the game of Chess. Ashley also got a great amount of inspiration from writings of former World Champion Paul Morphy. While attending Brooklyn Tech High School he gained proficiency in local tournaments. Ashley also sharpened his Chess competition with the Black Bear Chess Club.

In 1986, he earned the rank of National Master, this occurred with his surpassing the 2400 barrier with a 2606. Soon after, Ashley was coach of the Raging Rooks (J.H.S. 43) of Harlem, winners of the National Junior High School Championships (1991), and the Dark Knights (also from Harlem), two time National Champions (1994 and 1995) in the Junior Varsity Division. He was the head of the Dark Knights program as they continued to win six National Championship titles.

In 1993, Ashley earned the status of International Master, and in 1999 he became the first player of Black African heritage to attain the rank of Grand Master. That same year, Ashley opened the Harlem Chess Center. Recently he was named 2003 Grandmaster of the Year by the U.S. Chess Federation. Maurice Ashley makes appearances all over the country speaking to young people and adults about chess and its benefits.

Ashley waa featured in May, 2005 at the richest ever Global Chess Challenge in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Biggie Smalls

Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, was an American rapper and songwriter. Rooted in the New York rap scene and gangsta rap traditions, he is widely considered one of the greatest rappers of all time. Wallace became known for his distinctive laidback lyrical delivery, offsetting the lyrics’ often grim content. His music was often semi-autobiographical, telling of hardship and criminality, but also of debauchery and celebration.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, Wallace signed to Sean “Puffy” Combs’ label Bad Boy Records as it launched in 1993, and gained exposure through features on several other artists’ singles that year. His debut album Ready to Die (1994) was met with widespread critical acclaim, and included his signature songs “Juicy” and “Big Poppa”. The album made him the central figure in East Coast hip hop, and restored New York’s visibility at a time when the West Coast hip hop scene was dominating hip hop music. Wallace was awarded the 1995 Billboard Music Awards’ Rapper of the Year. The following year, he led his protégé group Junior M.A.F.I.A., a team of himself and longtime friends, including Lil’ Kim, to chart success.

During 1996, while recording his second album, Wallace became ensnarled in the escalating East Coast–West Coast hip hop feud. Following Tupac Shakur’s death in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996, speculations of involvement in Shakur’s murder by criminal elements orbiting the Bad Boy circle circulated as a result of Wallace’s public feud with Shakur. On March 9, 1997, while visiting Los Angeles, Wallace was murdered in a drive-by shooting. The assailant remains unidentified. Wallace’s second album Life After Death, a double album, was released two weeks later. It reached number one on the Billboard 200, and eventually achieved a Diamond certification in the US.

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Magoo

Timbaland & Magoo are a rap duo consisting of producer and rapper Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley and rapper Melvin “Magoo” Barcliff. Originally from Norfolk, Virginia, the duo first met when they were teenagers. They later paired up as a duo and released their debut album Welcome to Our World, spawning their highest-charting single “Up Jumps da Boogie”. They would release two more studio albums as a group, Indecent Proposal in 2001 and Under Construction, Part II in 2003. The latter was meant as a sequel to Missy Elliott’s fourth album Under Construction.

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Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. Timbaland’s first full credit production work was in 1996 on Ginuwine…the Bachelor for R&B singer Ginuwine. After further work on Aaliyah’s 1996 album One in a Million and Missy Elliott’s 1997 album Supa Dupa Fly, Timbaland became a prominent producer for R&B and hip hop artists. As a rapper he initially released several albums with fellow rapper Magoo, followed by his debut solo album Tim’s Bio in 1998. In 2002, Timbaland produced the hit single “Cry Me a River” for Justin Timberlake, going on to produce most of Timberlake’s subsequent LPs such as FutureSex/LoveSounds and The 20/20 Experience and their respective hit singles. A Timbaland-owned imprint label, Mosley Music Group, featured artists such as Nelly Furtado, whose Timbaland-produced album Loose (2006) was a commercial and critical success. In 2007, Timbaland released a solo album, Shock Value, which was followed by Shock Value II in 2009.

Aside from the aforementioned artists, Timbaland’s production credits from the 2000s forward include work with Jay-Z, Nas, Ludacris, Bubba Sparxxx, Madonna, Rihanna, OneRepublic, Brandy, Drake, Rick Ross and others. As a songwriter he has written as of 2014, 85 UK hits and 99 hits Stateside. Timbaland has received widespread acclaim for his production style. In 2007, Entertainment Weekly stated that “just about every current pop trend can be traced back to him — from sultry, urban-edged R&B songstresses … to the art of incorporating avant-garde sounds into No. 1 hits.

Timothy Zachery Mosley was born on March 10, 1972 in Norfolk, Virginia, to Latrice, who ran a homeless shelter, and Garland Mosley, an Amtrak employee. He graduated from Salem High School of Virginia Beach, Virginia. During his time as a DJ, he was known as “DJ Tim” or “DJ Timmy Tim”. His brother, Sebastian, is reportedly around nine years younger. His sister Courtney Rashon is a makeup artist and author from New Jersey. While attending high school, Timbaland began a long-term collaboration with rapper Melvin (Magoo) Barcliff.

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