Rap from Nashville isn’t new, nor is the city’s tendency to overlook the creators and entrepreneurs behind that music – despite country artists borrowing liberally from the genre over the past decade.
Hip-Hop In Nashville Is Making Its Own Way
The BlackSon And BlackCity Are Generating ‘Free Power’
After his older brother helped The BlackSon get his artistic career underway, the pair now find themselves living in a new “city.”
Daisha McBride, The Rap Girl, Can Do Anything
McBride has channeled her performing abilities, affably clever personality and college-level industry studies into her own version of artistic and professional equilibrium in Music City.
The Songwriting Success Of Singing Rapper Tim Gent And Rapping Singer Bryant Taylorr
The pair have found and are maintaining a place for themselves in the professional songwriting world of Nashville.
A.B. Eastwood’s Ever-Expanding Beat
The autodidact producer spent time learning in Florida, before returning to Nashville with a vision for elevating the entire city.
Tennessee Community Colleges See Fewer Adults Enrolling, As More Of Their Children Go Virtual
Tennessee’s community colleges were expecting an increase in enrollment as people struggled to find work this fall. So it came as a surprise when high education leaders saw a 11.5% decrease in students compared to last year.
How A Nashville COVID-19 Study Has Heightened Focus On Household Transmission
A study that’s causing public health officials to grow more concerned about COVID spreading between loved ones is based primarily on families in Nashville. Researchers hope it’ll reveal the most common ways relatives and roommates get each other sick.
Proposed Bill Would Prevent Executions Of The Intellectually Disabled In Tennessee, But Not Before The Next Scheduled Death
Pervis Payne is set to be executed on Dec. 3, weeks before Tennessee’s next legislative session begins. His attorneys hope Gov. Bill Lee will postpone his execution while the bill makes it way through the legislative process.
Here’s Why Some Middle Tennesseans Didn’t Vote This Time
Turnout will set a new record in Tennessee, topping 3 million votes. But there were still plenty of residents who sat out this election — including those who did so intentionally.
Tennessee’s Higher Turnout In 2020 Split Largely Along Party Lines
Tennessee’s new record for voter turnout largely did not affect the balance of partisan power in the state. Tennessee voters cast about 3.1 million votes this election, according to unofficial results posted by the state of Tennessee. That shatters the previous record in 2008 — when 2.6 million voters cast ballots for John McCain or […]
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