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Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced the acquisition of the entirety of Neil Diamond's historic song catalog through Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), its leading global publishing division, as well as the rights to all recordings from his career, including 110 unreleased tracks, an unreleased album and archival long form videos. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
In 1938 she became the first black woman to work with a white band when Artie Shaw invited her to front his orchestra. “Strange Fruit,” which is credited as the first protest song of the civil rights era, was so controversial her label wouldn’t record it so she left for an independent label to do so. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
He was a child piano prodigy performed a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when he was 11. He’s the Creative Chair for Jazz with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and serves as Chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
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Known as “The First Lady of Song,” her wide-ranging and flexible vocals made her highly sought after by many jazz greats. She won 13 Grammy awards and sold more than 40 million albums. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
He put together a collective of more than 50 musicians and recorded music with the ensemble in the 70s both as Parliament and Funkadelic, launching the highly recognizable “P-Funk” style. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
She was 15 years old when she sang background for Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman.” She also provided background vocals for Lou Rawls & Jermaine Jackson before launching her solo career. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
Hip Hop instrumental produced by Achickwitbeatz. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
Def Jam India will follow the blueprint of the iconic Def Jam Recordings label, which has led and influenced the cutting-edge in hip-hop and urban culture for more than 35 years. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
Audiomack and Black Music Action Coalition will be choosing five (5) Black undergraduate students (recent graduates within the past 12 months are also eligible) for a three-month paid internship, which includes a mentorship with a renowned music executive. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
