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Mereba
Marian Azeb Mereba, known mononymously as Mereba, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Early life and education Mereba was born in Montgomery, Alabama, and raised in Pennsylvania. Her father is from Ethiopia. Her mother is African American and was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her family moved frequently because of her parents' jobs as university professors. Mereba first developed an interest in music at age four. She began writing songs in elementary school and learned to play the piano and guitar. She went to high school in Greensboro, North Carolina. Mereba attended Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to Spelman College. She graduated from Spelman in 2011 with an English degree and a music minor. Career 2013–2017: ''Room For Living'', ''Radio Flyer'', and Spillage Village After several years performing in the indie music scene in Atlanta, Mereba self-released her debut project ''Room For Living'' EP, under her full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Breeze Grew A Fire
''The Breeze Grew a Fire'' is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter and rapper Mereba. It was released by Secretly Canadian on February 14, 2025. Production on the album was handled by Mereba and Sam Hoffman, a frequent collaborator. Sonically, it is primarily a soul and folk-pop record, and has lyrics containing references to Mereba's Ethiopian heritage and experience as a mother. ''The Breeze Grew a Fire'' received positive reviews from critics. Background and release In 2019, Mereba released her debut studio album ''The Jungle is the Only Way Out''. She then released the EP ''Azeb'' in 2021, which received a positive review from Tarisai Ngangura of ''Pitchfork'', who highlighted its lyrical content. The lead single for ''The Breeze Grew a Fire'', "Counterfeit", was released on October 22, 2024, alongside an announcement for the album. It was followed by the album's second single, "Phone Me", on January 23, 2025. ''The Breeze Grew a Fire'' was released on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spilligion
''Spilligion'' is the major label debut album by American hip hop collective Spillage Village, headed by JID and EarthGang, released on September 25, 2020 by Dreamville, Interscope, and SinceThe80s. The collective consists of EarthGang, JID, Hollywood JB, Jurdan Bryant, Mereba, 6lack, and Benji. The album features guest appearances from Ant Clemons, Ari Lennox, Buddy, Chance the Rapper, Masego, Lucky Daye, and Big Rube. The production was primarily handled by in-house producers Olu, Benji, Christo, and Hollywood JB, with outside producers Nice Rec, Jay Card, Monte Booker, and Elite, among others. The album incorporates elements of soul, funk, contemporary R&B, gospel, neo soul, folk, and jazz. Concepts explored in the album include religion, spirituality, apocalypticism, love, African-American culture, and social activism. Background ''Spilligion'' is the fourth overall collaborative album by the collective, following the ''Bears Like This'' trilogy. The album title was anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EarthGang
EarthGang (stylized EARTHGANG) is an American hip hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia, composed of Olu (aka Johnny Venus; born Olu Onyemachi Dakarai Fann) and WowGr8 (aka Doctur Dot; born Eian Parker). They are co-founders of the musical collective Spillage Village, with JID, Hollywood JB, JordxnBryant, 6lack, Mereba, and Benji. Formed in 2008, EarthGang released their first EP, ''The Better Party,'' in 2010. This was followed by several singles and two mixtapes, ''Mad Men'' and ''Good News'' in 2011. In 2013, the duo released their debut album ''Shallow Graves For Toys'' and was largely well-received, with Noisey calling it "one of the most well thought-out releases of the year" and praising the album's "playful delivery and biting lyricism." Their second album, ''Strays with Rabies'', was released to positive reviews in 2015. After signing to J. Cole's Dreamville Records, EarthGang released a trilogy of EPs: '' Rags'', ''Robots'' (2017), and ''Royalty'' (2018), leading up to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spillage Village
Spillage Village is an American musical collective from Atlanta, Georgia. The group is composed of rappers, singers and producers, and was founded by the members of EarthGang. Spillage Village was primarily made up of five initial members with a split-base in both Atlanta and Baltimore. History 2010–2015: Formation and early beginnings The group was originally founded by Olu (aka Johnny Venus) and WowGr8 (aka Doctur Dot) of EarthGang, who recruited rapper JID to the group during their time at Hampton University. Brothers Hollywood JB and Jurdan Bryant joined the Spillage Village soon after. Doctur Dot and Johnny Venus approached JID after hearing his first mixtape around campus in 2010. The rest of the group also came into Spillage Village through connections including producer Hollywood JB, who met Doctur Dot at a block party and joined soon afterward. Their first compilation as a collective, ''Bears Like This'', was released independently on February 2, 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge Of The Dreamers III
''Revenge of the Dreamers III'' is the third compilation album by American record label Dreamville Records, Dreamville, released on July 5, 2019, by Dreamville and Interscope Records. ''Revenge of the Dreamers III'' includes contributions from Dreamville artists: leader J. Cole, Bas (rapper), Bas, Cozz, Omen (musician), Omen, Lute (rapper), Lute, Ari Lennox, EarthGang, and JID. The album features appearances from several artists including DaBaby, T.I, Young Nudy, Buddy (rapper), Buddy, Reason (American rapper), Reason, Maxo Kream, Ski Mask the Slump God, Mez (rapper), Mez, 6lack, Mereba, Vince Staples, Ty Dolla Sign, Dreezy, Smino, Saba (rapper), Saba, and Guapdad 4000, among others. The album features production from a variety of record producers, including T-Minus (record producer), T-Minus, Christo, Elite (producer), Elite, Bink!, Deputy, Tha Bizness, Henny Tha Bizness, Spillage Village, Hollywood JB, ChaseTheMoney, Pyrex, Galimatias, Asheton Hogan, Pluss, Kal Banx, and Cam O'b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kojey Radical
Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah (born 4 January 1993), known professionally as Kojey Radical, is a British musician, creative director and mixed media visual artist. His style has been described as a mix of grime hip hop, alternative rap, and spoken word. Since 2018, he has received six nominations at the MOBO Awards, including Best Newcomer. He also performed at the 2020 and 2022 MOBO ceremonies. Early life Radical was raised in Shoreditch and Hoxton, London, the son of Ghanaian immigrants. He has a sister. He began his artistic work a spoken word poet and mixed media illustrator, graduating from the London College of Fashion with a First Class Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Illustration. Career 2014–2016: Career beginnings In 2014, Radical released his first musical project ''Dear Daisy: Opium'' just after graduating. The project touches on topics of love, social media, and religion. It was inspired by a book with the same name that Radical was illustrating during hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhana
Amain Berhane, better known as Berhana, is an American singer-songwriter. History Amain Berhane was born near Atlanta, Georgia in an Ethiopian family. Growing up, he wrote songs and sang in church. He studied screenwriting at The New School in New York City, and there started to realize music was something he wanted to pursue more seriously. His self-titled EP was self-released in 2016. His song "Grey Luh" from the album was featured on Donald Glover's ''Atlanta''. During this time Berhane was also a Japanese chef for several years. Berhana was listed in Variance Magazine as one of the "10 acts we can't wait to see at Pitchfork Festival 2018." Artistry Berhana grew up listening to his Ethiopian parents' music as well as Sam Cooke, Erykah Badu, and Stevie Wonder. He was also greatly influenced by Michael Jackson's Moonwalker and Rock With You. About his EP he said, "I wanted something that felt like the inside of my mom's house—almost like a documentary." In two of his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravyn Lenae
Ravyn Lenae Washington (born January 22, 1999) is an American R&B singer-songwriter from Chicago who is currently signed to Atlantic Records and the Three Twenty Three Music Group. She is also a member of the musical collective Zero Fatigue. Her debut EP, ''Moon Shoes'', was released independently in 2015 and reissued by Atlantic Records in 2016. Her follow-up EP, ''Midnight Moonlight'', was released in 2017. She performed at several music festivals and in 2017 toured with SZA on her Ctrl Tour and Noname on her Telefone Tour. She released her debut album, ''Hypnos'', on May 20, 2022, and her second album, ''Bird's Eye'', on August 9, 2024, to critical acclaim. The latter spawned her most commercially successful song to date, "Love Me Not", which peaked at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and peaked within the top 50 on several worldwide charts. Early life and education Washington was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother is from Panama, with her maternal grandfathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spelman College
Spelman College is a Private college, private, Historically black colleges and universities, historically black, Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is a founding member of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman awarded its first college degrees in 1901 and is the oldest private historically black liberal arts institution for women. History Founding The '' Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary'' was established on 11 April 1881 in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta by two teachers from the Oread Institute of Worcester, Massachusetts: Harriet E. Giles and Sophia B. Packard. Giles and Packard met while Giles was a student, and Packard the preceptress of the New Salem Academy in New Salem, Massachusetts, New Salem northeast of Springfield, Massachusetts and fostered a lifelon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mononymously
A mononym is a name composed of only one word. An individual who is known and addressed by a mononym is a mononymous person. A mononym may be the person's only name, given to them at birth. This was routine in most ancient societies, and remains common in modern societies such as in Afghanistan, Bhutan, some parts of Indonesia (especially by older Javanese people), Myanmar, Mongolia, Tibet, and South India. In other cases, a person may select a single name from their polynym or adopt a mononym as a chosen name, pen name, stage name, or regnal name. A popular nickname may effectively become a mononym, in some cases adopted legally. For some historical figures, a mononym is the only name that is still known today. Etymology The word ''mononym'' comes from English ''mono-'' ("one", "single") and ''-onym'' ("name", "word"), ultimately from Greek ''mónos'' (μόνος, "single"), and ''ónoma'' (ὄνομα, "name"). Antiquity The structure of persons' names has varied acros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Music
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip-hop includes rapping often enough that the terms can be used synonymously. However, "hip-hop" more properly denotes an entire hip-hop culture, subculture. Other key markers of the genre are the disc jockey, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and hip hop production, instrumental tracks. Cultural interchange has always been central to the hip-hop genre. It simultaneously borrows from its social environment while commenting on it. The hip-hop genre and culture emerged from block parties in ethnic minority neighborhoods of New York City, particularly The Bronx, Bronx. DJs began expanding the instrumental Break (music), breaks of popular records when they noticed how excited it would make the crowds. The extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reason (American Rapper)
Robert Lee Gill Jr., better known by his stage name Reason, is an American rapper and songwriter. He was formerly signed to hip hop record label Top Dawg Entertainment, where he started to gain recognition. His TDE debut, '' There You Have It'', was released on September 28, 2018, a re-release of an album from 2017. His major label debut album '' New Beginnings'' was released on October 9, 2020. Career Reason released his first mixtape, ''In The Meantime'', on January 1, 2015. On January 16, 2016, he released his next mixtape titled ''The Free Album'', while releasing a compilation mixtape called ''The Proof'' on his SoundCloud later in 2016. On February 9, 2018, he was featured on the Top Dawg Entertainment produced film soundtrack for the Marvel Studios superhero film ''Black Panther'' (2018), titled '' Black Panther: The Album'', on the song "Seasons". On August 8, it was announced that he was signed to TDE. That same day, he released a single titled "The Soul", with a music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
