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I have received over 20 messages from people wanting press credentials for BET-related events. I am going to break it down for you as kindly as possible (not really). If you’re not on my team, you can’t just “Get On” when it suits your purposes. Where was all this good will when I was closing…
The notion that because athletes like Colin Kaepernick make money for providing entertainment, they should not be able to protest the indifference shown towards minorities by law enforcement is by definition oppressive however unintentional. It illustrates the whole frame of thought that we can sing, dance, win medals, fight wars, run up and down courts…
Actor/Recording Artis Rotimi, best known for his role as Dre on the hit series Power, is featured on the cover the September issue of Urban Magazine. Urban Magazine’s Publisher and Editor in Chief BE’N ORIGINAL explains why he chose Rotimi over other recognized brands. “A major part of the reason I launched Urban was to…
The National Basketball Association (NBA) today unveiled the logo for NBA All-Star 2017 in New Orleans, La. The Crescent City-inspired design features an iconic ironwork border with the classic fleur-de-lis symbol-strewn across the background. The New Orleans Pelicans’ team colors – gold, navy and red – are also incorporated into the logo scheme. The 66th…
Entertainment and fashion mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs was a staunch supporter of President Barack Obama in 2008, contributing along with Jay Z in bringing hip-hop fans to the vote for the first black president. Speaking in regard to this year’s election in an interview with Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC, the entertainer had some advice…
Attorneys for platinum, Grammy Award-winning singer Faith Evans, announced that legal efforts put forth by Atlanta promoter Jeremy Hill and The Middle Georgia Entertainment Group to block the singer from joining the Bad Boy Family Reunion tour date in Atlanta on September 8, have been thwarted by the District Court for the Northern District of…
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/249679994″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] I personally dig this track especially the advice at the end. “If you’re not gonna get it, stop talking about it…”. I digress. Enjoy “Growing Pains” by Jack Vance. – BE’N ORIGINAL
Urban Magazine has featured many of the hottest emerging models on the internet for the last 16 years, but that has come to an end. Why? As publisher and editor in chief, I offer the following: “Growth demands change. In order to grow our brand, some changes have to be made. We are going to be giving…