Optimized for internet virality and shareability, COLORS Studios is known for videos featuring up and coming indie stars, alongside music’s biggest names singing in pastel-colored studios. Created for YouTube and massively shared on Twitter and Instagram, each COLORS Studios video Read more…
In the 1990s and early 2000s, urban music videos were different. Million dollar budgets, video vixens ruled social currency, and hundreds of extras were commonplace. Video directors like Hype Williams and Benny Boom had free range and seemingly unlimited money Read more…
Lighting is fundamental when it comes to any creative endeavor, especially in photography, film, and television. This task needs to be performed with additional care when capturing darker subjects, more so in dark environments. With the rise of an increased Read more…
There is no definite time when to jumpstart your career despite how much pressure social media might put on you. Many may strike hot when they’re in their 20’s, but not everyone is lucky. In fact, many actors, writers, and Read more…
‘Entourage’ debuted on HBO in 2004. Fifteen years ago, where the music industry was going through an identity crisis. Although Usher was one of the most prominent artists of the year, selling 1.1 million records with Confessions and one of Read more…
We live in a day and age where anyone with a cellphone and a built-in camera thinks they’re a photographer. Go to any concert, and you’ll see a sea of fans with their cellphones in the air, aiming to get Read more…
Los Angeles’ Nipsey Hussle existed in many spaces. He was a lauded emcee with his debut album ‘Victory Lap’ being nominated for a Grammy, he owned and ran the Marathon Store located on Slauson Ave. and Crenshaw Boulevard, and he Read more…
It’s the Year of the Woman and judging by innovators and legends, alike female rappers are taking on the music industry with a vengeance. Whether dominating the Billboard charts or slapping on the streets, female mainstays are making their mark Read more…
If you haven’t seen the trailer for the new school rendition of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air watch it now. What if the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air took place in 2019? What if West Philadelphia, born and raised, was Read more…
The next time you check the song credits of your favorite album, look for Denisia “Blu June” Andrews and Brittany “Chi” Coney, the duo of NOVA WAV. The music industry is a male dominated business. When we think of the Read more…