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If you have been to any event in town, then you have more than likely seen Felisha Fletcher. The owner of The IT Factor Media Grp, LLC and senior publicist for The 909 Group promises that you will know her one day. So, Fletch, when did you fall in love with music?

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Kurtis Blow. Run DMC. MC Lyte. Eric B & Rakim.  Dana Dane. Slick Rick.  The list of hip-hop pioneers is long and their musical resume even longer. Hip-hop culture was founded in the 1970’s in the South Bronx, but it’s national presence began to emerge in the early to mid-80’s. Since that time, hip hop […]

Prince Markie D, Kook Rock-Ski and The Human Beatbox were The Fat Boys, a successful American hip-hop music trio from Brooklyn, New York City, that emerged in the early 1980s. Briefly, the group was known originally as the Disco 3.

Diarra Mayfield, better known to most as DJ DR (that's Dee R, not doctor), hails from Philadelphia, but has earned the right to be called a Charlotte native. A graduate of Garinger High School and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Diarra is a beatmaker and producer by trade. DJing is his second job, and he's darn good at it. So, Diarra, when did you fall in love with music?

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If you've never heard of Leela James or heard her music, you are living a mediocre life. Since her childhood in L.A.'s eclectic urban culture, singer Leela James has woven the soul tradition into and around every corner of her creative identity. Deep within her rich and powerful voice are the echoes of Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, Gladys Knight and other iconic divas of generations past.

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With the increasing number of films aimed towards black audiences in the early 1970s, filmmakers realized that they couldn’t turn to Henry Mancini to provide the musical backdrops for these movies.

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