BET music matters

Last night Rapsody joined the BET Music Matters Family at 106 & Park to give a live rendition of “The Drums“, one of the wonderful highlights from her debut album The Idea of Beautiful. [...]

Whilst captivating West Coast lyricist Kendrick Lamar was over in North Carolina recently as part of his BET Music Matters tour, he called on top-charting local talent J. Cole to join him onstage and kick a freestyle, along with a few cuts from the Grammy nominated Roc Nation star’s debut album, Cole World: The Sideline [...]

Having sparked a media and fan frenzy throughout UK with the release of her platinum-selling debut album, Who You Are, which entered the charts at #2 in February, Jessie J fever spreads to the US for the LP’s Stateside release. Yesterday she marked the occasion with a live performance on 106 & Park for BET [...]

It’s been a while since I heard this one.. Heavily influenced by Prince, Miguel Jontel took to the BET Music Matters stage at SXSW earlier this month in Austin, Texas to perform mixtape cut “Strawberry Amazing” – watch below, captured by TheWellVersed. [...]

106 & Park and BET Music Matters showed Jesse Boykins III some love this week with an interview about his video for “Amorous”, shot right here in London – a highlight on Jesse’s soulful debut album, The Beauty Created [out now]. Jesse Boykins III interview on 106 & Park: “Amorous”: jbiiimusic.com [...]

As part of 106 & Park’s Music Matters week dedicated to emerging talent, Bronx based emcee Mickey Factz recently took to the stage to perform three new songs from his I’m Better Than You mixtape [dropping on September 27th] and forthcoming debut album, The Achievement. In-between performances, he talks about his background studying and working [...]

J. Cole and other performers on BET’s Music Matters segment during last night’s BET Awards fell victim to the advertisements so audiences at home didn’t get to see their full performances. Here is the full clip J. Cole performing a version of Jay-Z‘s “Star Is Born” (which he features on) with an extra verse. For [...]

Jesse Boykins III caught BET’s ear and impressed them so much they decided to feature him in their Music Matters segment, due to air during the BET Awards tomorrow. BET AWARDS ’10 will also kick off MUSIC MATTERS, a multi-platform network initiative showcasing groundbreaking music and talent. This campaign will focus primarily on new acts [...]

Congrats to SoulCulture Familia Jesse Boykins III on being the next artist featured on BET’s Music Matters series. Music Matters is a new series that focuses on introducing noteworthy music across BET Networks and they filmed Jesse’s segment a few weeks ago and it should air soon. Check out this sneak peek behind the scenes [...]