CAPTIVATING – COMPELLING – CONVERSATIONS
EAR PLAY:
BEST MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST! Congrats to the late great Nipsey Hussle - who posthumously won the award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist at the 2019 BET Awards, which took place at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theatre. Nipsey's posthumous win arrives a year after he unloaded Victory Lap, his major label debut album that featured all the street wisdom he'd instilled on his previous projects and more. We miss you, Nipsey.
TRENDING:
Hip Hop On the Rocks: The Party Game Where Anything Can Happen is an exciting fun fast-paced trivia game. When teams answer incorrectly they are challenged to TURN UP with the challenges on the menu. Teams will dance, sing and who dat? (impersonate others). The goal is to be the first team to collect all six letters spelling hip hop to win the game. This awesome game was created by Mogul Mommies Inc. in NYC. Purchase the app and unlock all the categories including music, TV shows, comedy, sports, and social media. For more details visit www.hhotr.com.
SCREEN:
Director Jon Favreau's all-new The Lion King journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born opens in theatres July 19, 2019. In this film, Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. The all-star cast includes Donald Glover as Simba, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala, James Earl Jones as Mufasa, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, and Billy Eichner as Timon. Utilizing pioneering film-making techniques to bring treasured characters to life in a whole new way, Disney's The Lion King roars will be a must-see. We can't wait.
EDUCATION & AWARENESS:
Music therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals.
Through musical involvement in the therapeutic context, clients' abilities are strengthened and transferred to other key areas of their lives. Music therapy also provides avenues for communication that can be helpful to those who find it difficult to express themselves in words.
- To learn more visit the American Music Therapy Association at their website: www.musictherapy.org.
BUY:
Around 1.2 billion watches are sold globally each year. And the number keeps rising. Last year retailers saw the rise of minimalist watches, like the person wearing the Apple Watch in the picture above. These portable devices are designed to be worn on a wrist. Smartwatches — like smartphones — use touchscreens, offer apps and often record your heart rate and other vital signs. You can find Smartwatches and fitness trackers at Macy's and get FREE SHIPPING with a $99.00 dollar purchase.
