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David Banner Isn’t OK With The Whole Industry Jack The Migos' Style’
Pharrell Williams Opens New Hotel In South Beach, Miami
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The Goodtime Hotel, which amasses over nearly 100,000 square feet of public space, is now open for reservations.
Famed producer and entre- preneur Pharrell Williams has collaborated with Groot Hospitality’s David Grut- man for the first collaborative lifestyle hotel brand – the Goodtime Hotel. Located on Miami Beach’s Washington Avenue and 6th Street, the Goodtime Hotel consists of 266 rooms, including a luxuri- ous specialty suite, and takes over nearly 100,000 square feet of space while paying homage to the Art Deco area.
“We want The Goodtime Hotel to impart a feeling of both revitalization and that rare, exciting thrill that takes over when you discover some- thing special,” says Pharrell Williams in a press release. “It’s that adrenaline-fueled sensation of entering a whole new setting and a whole new mindset. This place will pro- vide a natural good time, for all who come through.”
Check out this Miami- based paradise located in the central, historic section of South Beach. To book your first stay, visit visit www.the- goodtimehotel.com
David Banner has never been shy about telling the truth. This made it easy for him to admit that the Migos created a movement that has changed rap music forever.
In the process, he praised the Migos while condemning the industry for pretending Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff aren’t their muses.
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“I watched the whole in- dustry jack the Migos’ style, jack the way that they rapping, and then they get on TV and act like they didn’t just rip them boys’ style off,” Banner said near the two-minute mark in the clip above. “You know? And we just can’t just say ‘Aye, man. Them folks dope.’”
Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ Vinyl On Sale Now In The BV Shop
Last year on 4/20, Dr. Dre's The Chronic finally hit stream- ing services. This year on 4/20, the classic album got its first cassette reissue since the '90s. We're also excited to have just added vinyl copies of The Chronic to the hip hop section of our online record store.
The Chronic needs no intro- duction, but for the uniniti- ated, it left a massive and immediate impact on not just hip hop but music in general,
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and that impact is still felt today. It brought the G-Funk sound that Dre and his peers pioneered to the masses, and it introduced the world to Snoop Dogg, who quickly be- came a star of his own. The album laid the groundwork for future Dre protégés like Em- inem, 50 Cent, The Game, and Kendrick Lamar, and its influence extends beyond hip hop into rock, electronic music, jazz, and more.
Disney Studio Marketing Executives
Anastasia Ali And Jan Coleman Promoted To VP
We have learned that Anas- tasia Ali has been promoted to VP Marketing at DisneyStu- dios Content and Jan Cole- man has been upped to VP Global Marketing Partner- ships, Promotions & Multicul- tural.
Ali works closely with all as- pects of the marketing group to develop and lead strategic marketing objectives for select theatrical films, as well as se- lect films and series for Dis- ney+. She previously worked on the campaigns for the $1.3 billion-grossing Marvel movie Black Panther, Will Smith’s highest-grossing movie Al- addin at $1.05 billion and this year’s Oscar-nominated Pixar pic Soul. She joined Disney in 2013 as an MBA intern and was part of the Studio Market- ing rotational program for ris- ing executives.
She co-founded disney’s black employee resource group, the bond, and along with Coleman co-founded represent, studio marketing’s center of excellence, focused
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on scaling multicultural mar- keting competencies and de- veloping diverse talent.
As VP of Global Marketing Partnerships, Promotions & Multicultural for the Walt Dis- ney Studios, Coleman over- sees creating, strategizing and negotiating multi-platform brand partnerships across the studio’s multiple film brands: Disney, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century and Disney+. This includes co-branded marketing campaigns and ac- tivations, placement integra- tions, global licensing and
sponsorships of large-scale events. She is also focused on creating culturally relevant marketing partnerships with brands that authentically speak to multicultural con- sumers.
Coleman most recently worked on the promotional campaign for Soul. During her tenure at Disney, she launched and managed part- nerships with brands such as Porsche, Bose, Sonos, MAC Cosmetics, P&G’s My Black is Beautiful, HP, Vizio, Whirlpool, Ancestry and Blue Apron.
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