NOTED MUSIC BUSINESS MEDIA VET SERENA GALLAGHER BOYD JOINS TMA
New York; New York (December 1, 2016) – Tracey Miller & Associates (TMA), a leading entertainment strategic media and marketing firm, announces the appointment of Serena (Gallagher) Boyd as Senior VP for the company. Boyd will develop and engineer an expanded global strategy for TMA in this specially created role, utilizing marketing, digital, and […]
NBC NEWS: Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels: Commissioner Bratton Should Apologize to Rappers
by ASSOCIATED PRESS Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and hip-hop icon Darryl “DMC” McDaniels says the New York police commissioner’s recent comments — where he labeled rappers as thugs following a shooting at a hip-hop concert — are disrespectful and that the commissioner should apologize to rappers like Chuck D, Will Smith and Kendrick […]
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC condemns NYPD top cop Bill Bratton for saying rappers are ‘basically thugs’
BY LEONARD GREENE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, May 26, 2016, 10:16 PM Hip hop icon Darryl (DMC) McDaniels has as much love for New York’s top cop as he does for Sucker M.C.’s. The “Run-DMC” legend struck back at Bill Bratton Thursday after the police commissioner said rappers were “basically thugs” following a deadly […]
NY Daily News: NYC rap legend, Mets star call for Hometown Heroes in Education nominations
BY BEN CHAPMAN LISA L. COLANGELO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Local luminaries from the worlds of music, sports and television news are calling on New Yorkers to nominate top teachers, principals and other special school staffers for the Daily News Hometown Heroes in Education awards.The annual contest shines a light on the extraordinary people who […]
CNN: DMC tackles black-on-black crime and police brutality in new song
Story by Deena Zaru and Video by Alex Lee, CNN New York (CNN)Rapper Darryl McDaniels — known as DMC — says gun violence shouldn’t be a partisan issue. The artist told CNN in an interview that partisan “arguing” over gun control needs to stop and called on politicians to find “sensible and safe” solutions […]
RollingStone: Marvin Gaye’s Children: What Our Father Would Say About Lawsuit
“If he were alive today, he would embrace the technology available to artists,” says family. “But we also know he would be vigilant about safeguarding the artist’s rights” BY BRITTANY SPANOS Marvin Gaye‘s children have penned an open letter in the hope of “set[ting] the record straight on a few misconceptions” in the media’s coverage […]
‘Blurred Lines’ Trial Was Avoidable: Read Marvin Gaye Family’s Statement (Exclusive)
CULTURE | By Tim Kenneally And Pamela Chelin Children of “Got to Give It Up” singer tell TheWrap they would have “welcomed a conversation” about licensing the song As the legal battle over the Robin Thicke song “Blurred Lines” ramps up for yet another round of back-and-forth, Marvin Gaye’s family — who earlier this month […]
Janis Gaye: Family has no plan to sue over ‘Happy’
Susan Whitall, The Detroit News As far as those reports about Marvin Gaye’s family intending to sue Pharrell Williams over his Grammy-winning song “Happy,” believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear. After Tuesday’s decision by a federal jury in Los Angeles that the Robin Thicke/Pharrell Williams song “Blurred Lines” infringed […]