Tag: Music

  • Camila Cabello to Write An Immigration Love Song  

    Camila Cabello to Write An Immigration Love Song  

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    There’s no secret that this country is trying to place a serious ban on illegal immigrants, thanks to the new administration in charge. With all of the tension in the air, there is one person who is using her talent to help change the outlook of immigrants within the United States. Former Fifth Harmony singer, Camilla Cabello has decided to make her voice heard about immigration issues by writing a love song about immigrants. This song will not only chronicle the life of an immigrant’s journey to United States but it will explain her and her family’s own journey. In a recent interview with Glamour magazine, Cabello and her mother Sinuhe, talked about their journey from leaving their country of Cuba, flying to Mexico and eventually settling in Miami when Cabello was six years old. It was because of this journey, that Cabello started a new journey of her own, in beginning to write an immigration love song. 

    I want to make a love song for immigrants. That word, immigrant, has such a negative connotation— I can just imagine all the little girls who have dreams of coming here and feel unwanted. It inspires me in my music to do my best to give [them] the light that I have.”

    “I want to be what people think of when they think of America — a person who, no matter what her first language was or what her religion is, can see her dreams come to life if she works hard enough.“

  • Tupac’s Dream Restaurant is Coming to Life. 

    Tupac’s Dream Restaurant is Coming to Life. 

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    Before his untimely and tragic death in 1996, Tupac dreamed of opening a restaurant and 21 years later it’s finally coming true. The restaurant, Powamekka Café, will come to NYC for this weekend only. From April 7th-9th, you can enjoy some of the late rappers favorite food which included gumbo, meatloaf, fried chicken wings made by his cousin, Jamala. According to Tupac’s estate, guests who visits the pop-up restaurant during the three day weekend will see a lot of memorabilia of the Rapper such as pictures of his childhood, poems written by him, his classic music and more. The restaurant took over the exact same spot where Sweet Chick used to be at in the Lower East Side. Powamekka’s Café will be at 178 Ludlow Street. Stop by, enjoy the food and celebrate and remember the life of Tupac Shakur. 

  • Getting to Know: Juriel Alexander

    Getting to Know: Juriel Alexander

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    There’s a saying that goes; Good music doesn’t have an expiration date” and in the case of Juriel Alexander that saying is valid. The discovery of Juriel Alexander happened via SoundCloud and it was an amazing discovery.Alexander’s music has a sound that is timeless and he credits his upbringing for it. Growing up in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn at a time where it wasn’t the safest of neighborhoods, Alexander knew at an early age that singing would be his way out of what his neighborhood had to offer. Juriel Alexander credits his grandmother for his start with singing becahse at the age of three she brough him a karaoke machine and from that point his love for music began.Later on, Juriel would start a group with his brother for a few years before going solo. In 2016, Juriel Alexander released his first mixtape Only the Beginning where he does amazing remixes of Future’s “Purple Rain”, Drake’s “Controlla”, Desiigner’s “Panda” and more. You can listen to this amazing artist on SoundCloud, click the link below, starting a personal favorite.Listen to Purple Reign Remix by Juriel Alexander #np on #SoundCloud