Fat Joe News

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) this week kicks off the 60th anniversary celebration of its prestigious Gold & Platinum Program, the industry's premier award for recognizing artistic achievement in the music marketplace.

Nick Cannon visits Fuse's digital series Behind the Bar to mix up his favorite cocktail — a twist on a mai tai, titled: Mai Time to Turn Up. Inspired by his new single, “Only You,” Cannon mixes up a sweet, Caribbean styled cocktail guaranteed to make anyone dance and let loose. Cannon's new single “Only You” featuring DJ Luke Nasty and Fat Joe is available Friday, March 9.

The Raw Word (www.TheRawWord.com), launching Monday, March 5th (check local listings) and hosted by best-selling author Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, revealed some of the bold-faced names set to appear during the month-long run of the new, syndicated daytime talker.

DJ Khaled stopped by CONAN last night, January 24. The music star is known for yelling his name at the beginning of his songs, and the beginning of his CONAN interview is no different.

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VH1 today announced that REMY & PAPOOSE: A MERRY MACKIE HOLIDAY will premiere Monday, December 18th at 9PM ET/PT. The one-hour special invites viewers to kick off the holiday season with Remy Ma and Papoose from VH1's 'Love & Hip Hop: New York' as they prepare the ultimate holiday party for their friends and family in North Carolina.

During Miami Art Week 2018, the National YoungArts Foundation brought emerging artists to the fore by announcing a major new granting program for early career visual artists and partnering with major fairs to exhibit the work of YoungArts alumni.

Columbia College Chicago launched a new interdisciplinary Hip-Hop Studies minor in Fall 2017 to offer practice-based learning around the history and aesthetics of hip-hop culture, and to connect students with Chicago's vibrant community of hip-hop artists and practitioners. On Dec. 2, a special launch event, The Fresh Connect, will celebrate the hip-hop community at Columbia with interactive performances, live graffiti art, and more.

VH1 today announced that REMY & PAPOOSE: A MERRY MACKIE HOLIDAY will premiere Monday, December 18th at 9PM ET/PT. The one-hour special invites viewers to kick off the holiday season with Remy Ma and Papoose from VH1's 'Love & Hip Hop: New York' as they prepare the ultimate holiday party for their friends and family in North Carolina.

Joseph Cartagena, better known by his stage name Fat Joe is known throughout the world for his catalog of hit songs, including All The Way Up and Lean Back. Most recently, however, Fat Joe has become equally known for his successes as an entrepreneur, philanthropist and family man.

In support of the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico as a result of the devastation of Hurricane Maria, Bobbi-Toads, an exclusive line of customizable children's sneakers, today announced that the brand has shipped 1,050 pairs of shoes to Puerto Rican families in need.

November programming has been announced at City Winery Chicago. Highlights of the month include multi-night runs from Jazz vocalist (and Chicago transplant) Lizz Wright (Nov. 1-2), Herb Alpert of Tijuana Brass with his wife, Grammy-winning singer Lani Hall, (Nov. 6-7), and four shows over two days with saxophonist Kurt Elling (Nov. 25-26) plus a benefit for Merit School of Music with Nico Segal (previously known as Donnie Trumpet from the Chance the Rapper-affiliated band, The Social Experiment) and The JuJu Exchange (Nov. 28) and much more.

In support of continued Puerto Rico relief and recovery operations, NBC New York / WNBC is airing a special, behind-the-scenes look at the making of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit single 'Almost Like Praying,' benefitting the Hispanic Federation's 'UNIDOS' hurricane relief fund.

In support of continued Puerto Rico relief and recovery operations, NBC New York / WNBC will air a special, behind-the-scenes look at the making of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit single Almost Like Praying, benefitting the Hispanic Federation's UNIDOS hurricane relief fund.

He explained in a recent live video for CNN: 'I had the idea at 3 in the morning... The initial demo was me singing in a bathroom.' Now the original demo has arrived!

Billboard has just announced that Lin-Manuel Miranda's star-studded Puerto Rico benefit track 'Almost Like Praying' will debut as the number one best selling track this week. Digital sales could lead to Miranda's first ever top 40 hit on the Billboard charts.

GZA will appear at the Fox Theatre on October 11, 2017.

Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda assembled an all-star group of Latino artists for his new benefit song, 'Almost Like Praying.' Miranda has just announced that behind the scenes footage from the making of the star-studded video will air tonight as a fundraiser on Telemundo at 7PM.

Music Choice, the leading music provider on TV, today announced that it has reached a distribution agreement with San Francisco based EMPIRE, the leading independent distribution company and record label for urban music, for the rights to distribute its entire catalog of 8,000 music videos in the US and International markets.

As BWW reported this week, Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda assembled an all-star group of Latino artists for his new benefit song, 'Almost Like Praying,' which was released late Thursday across digital music retailers and streaming services.