Bob Nesta Marley was born in Nine Miles, Jamaica and would have been 80 years old this week. As a teenager he worked as a welder alongside another reggae singer, Desmond Dekker. Dekker auditioned for the legendary producer Leslie Kong with one of his own songs, Honour... ...
According to sources that spoke to Financial Times, YouTube has offered “lumps sums of cash” to record labels to legally obtain popular artists’ songs to train its new AI tools. The new AI song generator tool could form a part of YouTube’s Shorts platform. The report also stated that...
There was a 187% increase in views of French hip hop content on YouTube from 2017 to 2018. The top three most-viewed French language hip hop songs of last year were:[EXCLU] Soolking “Guérilla” #PlanèteRap –175M views DADJU – Bob Marley (Clip Officiel) – 128M Vald – Dés...
“Lyor believes he has the artist’s interest at heart, but he’s at the middle of an uneasy marriage between art and commerce,” said Bill Hochberg, a lawyer at Greenberg Glusker who works with the estate of Bob Marley. “It’s a tightrope act.” ...
The primary way to make money in a YouTube world is volume. Have a lot of videos out, or get people to use your songs in a variety of ways. If you’re not already a mega-star, UGC may be the biggest wave to ride. Witness Baauer’s “Harlem Shake,” which made the song’s ar...
In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Djimon Hounsou guest starred in a number of music videos including Paula Abdul's "Straight Up," Madonna's "Express Yourself," En Vogue's "Hold On" and "Love Will Never Do Without You" by Janet Jackson. On the film end, Hounsou has taken notable ...