Ten years ago this week, God saw fit that a Willie Hutch sample lift up the Heavens again. And that Willie Hutch sample, a song from the 1973 blaxploitation classic The Mack, was essentially about ...

International Anthem artists Makaya McCraven and Ben LaMar Gay Credit: Cristina Marx Photomusix The residency recalls the way McNiece first got involved in the local jazz scene. In 2011, he launched a ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Some exciting news. Forever Family Founder Gia Tutalo-Mote was in New York City recently accepting two International Anthem Awards for our weekly segment we bring you ...

The Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves kick off Tuesday night, giving the fall classic an opportunity to lean into what makes both of those cities special. One of the most obvious cultural touchstones ...

Ten years ago Tuesday, Andre 3000 typed a text to a girl he used to see — and the rest is history. The famous lyric kicks off UGK’s “International Players Anthem (I Choose You),” a hip hop masterpiece ...

When UGK‘s Pimp C first heard Project Pat’s 2002 song “Choose U,” he was immediately taken by the beat. The track samples Willie Hutch’s soulful “I Choose You,” and Pimp C couldn’t believe it wasn’t a ...

International Anthem has announced the first posthumous album from composer and trumpeter jaimie branch. The new collection, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)), is out August 25. Watch Jon ...

Chicago label International Anthem has announced plans to release jaimie branch’s final album with her Fly or Die quartet. The beloved experimental trumpet player, who died at 39 last August, released ...

International Anthem founders David Allen and Scott McNiece at the label’s offices in Bridgeport’s Co-Prosperity Sphere Credit: Jiayue Yu Just about everything Scott McNiece has put his heart into ...

The late and always outspoken Pimp C didn’t like how Andre 3000 went about recording his verse on the classic “Int’l Players Anthem.” Wonder why? According to former Jive Records A&R Jeff Sledge, Pimp ...

Dis is da drum. Everything starts with a beat. A heartbeat. A rhythm. A language. Communication between people. Patterns in percussion. Tribal language. Rhythms reaching out. Since the beginning, ...

Book Trust, a national early literacy nonprofit, has been recognized for its “Read Together Hero Moment” project. The reading ...