Category: Music
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Jackie Aina has sparked a new hashtag #pulluporshutup an initiative started by the founder of UOMA beauty Sharon Chuter, demanding brands who have been posting with Black Lives Matter hashtags within 72 hours to publicly release the number of black employees at the corporate and executive levels within their companies. In order to apply pressure…
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![PREMIERE: Olivia Swann ft. Jane Handcock – Salty [@oliviaswann__] [@handcockjay]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image1-180x180.jpeg)
Olivia Swann shares the quirky but vibrant official music video for her latest single, ‘Salty’. Before getting into ‘Salty’ here is what Olivia herself has to say about the current climate highlighting the injustice against Black people: Amidst all of the complete injustices in the world right now, my music video has been scheduled to…
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A photo story: Spies on a mission to uncover the truth behind the conspiracy. In a world full of people hiding behind masks some are able to hide things that most people wouldn’t suspect. Being aware that life changing secrets exist, some spies begin to search for the truth, collect evidence and understanding. Once they…
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Use This Tool As One Way To Educate Yourself On The Black Experience The worldwide protests in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd have alerted many white people to the knowledge that they need to do better to educate themselves about the black experience. Where racism has unjustly become the “normal” in black lives, some…
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Let’s be honest, at this point we cannot act oblivious to the current racial injustice in the United States and United Kingdom. On social media platforms we are exposed to the callous acts of the police, making the events traumatic for Black people worldwide. As a non-black person showing your alliance through various acts is…
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![The Top Up Tracklist ft. [@frxnklyn], [@EgoEllaMay], [@juicemenace] + more](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_5038-1.v1.cropped-180x180.jpg)
Who doesn’t want a top up of great new music? The Top Up Tracklist is a mix of tracks from across the past month with most being from within the last two weeks. The tracks span a number of genres ranging from Drill, Rap, R&B, Gqom and more. There’s something in there for everyone and there are…
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![Contribution: Martyn Ewoma challenges the harmful stereotypes of Black men through his photo series [@MartynEwoma ]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Jacob001-180x180.jpg)
We Revisit Martyn Ewoma ‘s Photo Series on the stereotypes and perception of Black men in British media. This project originally took place in 2018. Some of the examples in the text seem time specific to 2018 such as Stormzy or Rhian Brewster. But now you can just swap their names out for Headie One or…
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Today Tuesday, June 2nd 2020, is Blackout Tuesday which is an initiative about change within the music industry. Blackout Tuesday is something that has never been done before and was started by music executives, Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang. Whilst there are several hashtags and movements around at the moment, it’s important to do your due…
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![[@Z_Chibs] in depth with: TE dness [@TE_dness] pt.2 April Showers 3, being independent, and more](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/94488789_3098149926907683_74136641677033472_o-180x180.jpg)
TE dness is a force to be reckoned with and April Showers 3 was almost a statement of intent that he’s here to stay. It has been two years since I first sat down with TE and with April Showers 3 dropping it was only right to come back again. This time circumstances are very…
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![Interview: BVDLVD [@BVDLVD] talks new project ‘LUNATIC’ and more](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cid_89B85D60-7465-468D-AAF4-3C74487065C5.v1.cropped-180x180.jpg)
BVDLVD might not be on your radar just yet, but he’s making all the waves in the underground. Despite being just 19 years old BVDLVD already has the wisdom that any modern artist with success as a goal should have. He already understands not only the importance of him being hands on in the creative…