Keeana Kee Performs At The Dunkin Latte Lounge

“I thrive on human connection,” she exclaims. “Being authentic and real with others fuels my life. It’s also what I try to do in my songs. I’m sharing my story. It’s so natural for me to be personal. Whatever flaws or pain we have, it’s still beautiful. Music proves that there’s art and beauty in every single moment.”

The second youngest of six children, mom homeschooled all of the siblings and built an inclusive and encouraging environment. At eight-years-old, Liberty wrote her first song in order to cope with her parents’ divorce. Inspired by everyone from Birdy and Kesha to Tyler, The Creator, she quietly kept writing before her dad enrolled her in singing lessons at the age of twelve. She cut her teeth through gigging around town before gaining acceptance into the Dallas-based Septien Entertainment Group—whose alumni includes Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Kacey Musgraves, and many more. At this veritable creative boot camp, she spent nine hours a day in sessions, lessons, and rehearsing. Additionally, she impressed vocal coach Remington Rafael so much he agreed to produce her first two releases. With Remington behind the board, she reimagined Hey Violet’s “Guys My Age.” Over an airy electronic soundscape, her voice recharges the original with a silky sense of soul.

“‘Guys My Age’ makes me feel seriously empowered,” she reveals. “I love the message. I was going through a boy problem at the time, and it’s one you can just scream along to.”

Her original single, “Tattoo,” immediately leaves a mark, breathy verses coast over a skittering beat as the track builds towards an evocative chorus.

“Moving from California to Dallas was a huge transition,” she states. “The lyrics are about how it feels to go from childhood to adulthood so quickly. The different challenges I had to face and the friendships I had to lose. I was hurt by a lot of people who judged me for leaving to follow my dream. I’m never going to stop chasing that dream though.”

By following that dream, she ultimately forges an enduring connection with these releases and many more to come.

“Music helps people feel understood,” she leaves off. “Being able to connect to other artists has changed my life. That’s what I want to do. If you listen to me, I hope you know someone out there understands.

Haven launched her new pop sound in November 2019 with the release of  "Swinning in Your Feelings," which immediately hit #6 on the Radio Disney Top Songs chart. The song also went viral on TikTok as the #SwimmingInYourFeelings challenge and has since gained 3.8-Million views on the platform. Following the success of her debut pop single, Haven released "Be With You" in February 2020 – which Selena Gomez co-signed in one of her Instagram posts. Upon release, the song was listed on both the Radio Disney Top 10 Songs chart and Apple Music x Shazam’s ‘Recommended New Music’ playlist. Her latest single "Sad & Successful,” has already been quick to pick up traction on Triller with the new viral #ImLosingIt challenge. With more music in the works, Haven will be taking her talents on the road opening for Dinah Jane (of Fifth Harmony fame) and Agnez Mo (new tour dates TBA).

 PHILANTHROPY: Haven’s musical roots stem from a darker time in her life, where music became Haven’s source of light and healing. At 10 years old, she fell ill to an, at the time, unknown disease by doctors. While confined to her hospital bed, Haven picked up a guitar and began writing songs to pass the time. After a year of traveling from one hospital to the next, all the while developing her songwriting abilities, she was diagnosed with POTS Syndrome and immediately began treatment. While her illness came to an end, her love of creating music was just getting started.

 Today, Haven’s philanthropic pursuits surround aiding research and recovery efforts for childhood cancer, such as Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. She is additionally passionate about supporting charitable efforts that benefit research of the neurological and physiological effects of music as a method of healing. Haven hopes to utilize both her music and her voice as a source of light in the world.

 Haven currently splits her time between Nashville and Los Angeles.

 “Silence is Violence” follows AK’s latest music video release " Family Tree" which uses DeepFake technology to explore the evolution of Hip-Hop by acknowledging the iconic artists that have changed the history of the genre. Throughout the song, AK’s face digitally transforms into many different Hip Hop artists whose groundbreaking talent has made Hip-Hop flourish into what it is today. AK digitally morphs into Hip-Hop Legends like Lil Wayne, Eminem, Drake, Missy Elliot, Snoop Dogg and other icons as he pays homage to Hip-Hop influences in his “Family Tree” music video. The self-produced single serves to show AK’s deep appreciation for the genre, craft, and those that have come before him.

 While influenced by the Hip-Hop heroes of the past and present, AK has undoubtedly carved out a space of his own, representing the future of Hip-Hop. The 20-year-old artist from South Brunswick, NJ quickly took the internet by storm after writing and releasing remixed freestyle covers on YouTube, starting with his Desiigner's  "Panda" (40-Million Views). With 1.6-Million subscribers and well over 160-Million views on his own YouTube channel, AK has since released several original singles and successfully launched his music career.  

 AK’s music has graced top charts both in the U.S. and internationally amongst iTunes, Spotify, YouTube Music and SoundCloud. His single "Now I'm Forever" landed at #1 on the U.S. iTunes Hip Hop Charts. This past year, AK released his much-anticipated EP, "On Me", accompanied by top quality music videos for each single. His other recent releases have included "Top of the World" (as heard on ESPN’s First Take and E Sports League Poland), the fan favorite "Like I Got It" (with over 4-Million views), and "Broken" which perfectly portrays his masterful vocal ability. 

 AK’s music blends Hip-Hop and R&B genres in a way that highlights his versatility as an artist. With each music release continually bigger than the last, it goes to show that AK is the next big thing in Hip-Hop.

An actress as well as a singer and songwriter, Jaye appeared in movies and on television, playing  roles in “Boardwalk Empire", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, “Spring Breakers”, and "Barely Lethal,” among others. While you may still see her onscreen from time to time, her heart is fully invested in her music: 

2020 finds Jaye embarking on a bold new adventure, and she’s taking her listeners along for the ride. Combine that mission with her slew of exciting, edgy songs, and the sky’s the limit for Emma Jaye.

While his non-stop hustle scored him meetings with a number of industry heavyweights, he felt disillusioned by the scene and decamped to Nashville. When his brother followed him soon after, the two resumed the musical partnership they formed as teenagers. Too broke to afford beds, the siblings shared an apartment and slept on the floor, working full-time jobs all day and spending every night writing songs. After penning tracks for other artists (acts as eclectic as hip-hop legends Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Michigan rapper NF to German DJ Robin Schulz) and a series of false starts the two began releasing music under the name Kyd the Band and embarked on their first-ever tour. Although Kyle exited in late 2017, Devin continued on and now has 3 EP’s under his belt labeled as Season 1, 2, and 3 with many more to come.

“We like to keep it fresh,” exclaims Tom. “We’re not going to be the type of band who plays to a click or auto tunes. We maintain the raw element.”

Hailing from different parts of the city, the musicians congregated in North London during 2018 where they formed Natural Mystery Museum. Between a steady stream of gigs, they officially introduced themselves on the 2019 Volume 0 EP led by the singles “Dead Friends” and “If I (Could Lie).” In November, they hit Premises Studios in London and recorded what would become Illusionary Tales. 

Nodding to influences such as Jack White and Queens of the Stone Age, they implemented new guitar tones, expanding the soundscape. 

“We decided to change the sound to a heavier vibe,” adds Perry. “I really messed with the tones and turned my bass into a guitar.”

A rush of distortion underpins a swaggering strut on the EP opener and first single “Sixes & Sevens” as Perry’s howl hits hard. The unpredictable bounce captures “a state of general disarray and confusion,” according to the frontman. On the other end of the spectrum, the slow burn of “Forget Me Knots” crawls to an emotionally charged refrain.

“It’s one of the most personal songs I’ve written,” Perry goes on. “It’s loosely based around dementia. I’ve lost a couple of grandparents due to it, so the subject just came to me one day.”

“So Sweet” speaks to fractured politics around the globe with lyrics “about pretending everything’s okay, whereas their selling off our future in the UK—like dancing in a burning room.” The EP culminates on the breakup anthem  “We Don’t Speak.” An arena-ready beat gives way to a hummable guitar lead as the vocals puncture airy keys.

“It actually inspired the title,” says Tom. “We worked on it forever and rewrote it, and ‘We Don’t Speak’ sort of became an illusionary tale in and of itself. We got there though.”

In the end, Natural Mystery Museum might just be the push rock ‘n’ roll needs.

The album itself was created alongside an A-List team including Songwriter/Producer Travis Warner – whose worked with headliners such as Taylor Swift, Adele, Beck, and John Legend. “Rivers” was mixed by producer, mixing engineer, and recording engineer Mike Schuppan – known for his work with Lady Gaga, Paramore, M83, Jimmy Eat World, and Ziggy Marley. The music video for her viral single “Rivers” was filmed in Paris, France and directed by Robin Clive of the SuperVision Creative Agency. 

Alexandra’s love for writing and creating music blossomed at an early age. From 2004-2019, Alexandra wrote and created over twelve albums. At just 14-years old in 2018, Alexandra both won Poetry Nation’s International Poetry Contest and released a book of short stories entitled “Other Halves.” At age 15, she joined The Tints band as a singer, songwriter and keyboardist – who she recorded an album and toured the world with. In the two years following the tour, she scored over 30 films alongside renowned Film Music Supervisor Budd Carr. All the while, working on carving out a place of her own in the music industry and eventually releasing a collection of original singles under the artist name ‘SKANDRA’. 

Aside from music, Alexandra is focused on expanding her self-established non-profit Treehouse, a monthly music and writing event held at pop-up locations in Los Angeles. The pop-up started as an intimate night of live music performances from Alexandra’s living room, and has since expanded to accommodate the growing amount of participants and supporters. While currently postponed due to the pandemic, the music-lovers mission of Treehouse remains alive and vibrant with their prevalent online presence. Alexandra has additionally worked with other non-profit organizations to fight human trafficking, and went on tour across the US in 2014 with Falling Whistles to raise awareness and terminate the war in Congo. 

Alexandra currently splits her time between Paris and Los Angeles. 

Currently, Lana has a trio of new singles lined up to release throughout the remainder of this year. With themes including the unique anxiety experienced by young artists trying to prove themselves in her single “Be OK” (which will debut in a music video shot recently in NYC), to lighter and playful relationship angst in the upbeat “Get Mad.” The trio will round out with the emotionally charged “Cut Off,” describing the pain of betrayal in a love relationship. The new trio of songs highlights Lana’s sharp vocal control, while demonstrating her quick-witted ability to create a delicate complexity within her lyrics. 

Music has been running through Lana’s veins since she was a kid growing up in Grand Rapids, MI. A true prodigy, Lana wrote and recorded her first EP “In The Making” at the age of 11. The album addressed issues of bullying in her uplifting pop-rock anthem “Just Be You” and working hard to pursue your dreams in “Dream Big.” Lana was invited by several statewide organizations at the time to perform and speak to youth about her anti-bullying message and work ethic. During this early period, she also was the lead singer and guitarist for a local youth pop-rock band called Meltdown Cinema. The band successfully created a fundraising concert to benefit hurricane victims in 2017 called “Rock the Storms,” and went on to participate in PBS’ 2018 ‘Celebration of Music’ talent show finishing as semi-finalists. 

In 2018, Lana broke off as a solo artist, releasing her next original song “Bring Them Home”. The single won the grand prize for the nationwide U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Campaign contest ‘Creating on the Margins,’ addressing the plight of migrants and refugees. She was invited to perform her song in front of the National Conference and acted as the ambassador for this campaign. That same year, she was invited to attend Judy Stakee’s singer-songwriter camp in NYC, as one of the youngest students ever accepted. Lana’s “Aware” album released in 2019, and consisted of seven songs including the powerful pop-ballad “Ruby,” and the modern and haunting “Broke Me”. Lana’s album quickly garnered the attention of local media. She appeared on both Wood TV’s eightWest and Fox 17’s Morning Mix and was recently selected as one of Revue Magazine’s ‘Five Bands to Watch in 2020’. Lana’s newest singles releasing in 2020 will continually show her growth as a singer/songwriter and place a spotlight on her wildly talented mind and vocal capabilities like never before. 

Eventually, Matt found his own sound, a powerful, energetic mix of soulful grooves and hard hitting pop hooks which caught the attention of the music industry, and later landed him a nomination for MTVU's The Freshman Video contest. In 2017, Matt released his summer hit single “All Good” which debuted with highly-acclaimed reviews from the Huffington Post saying “Matt LeGrand demonstrates he has the vocal chops, personal charisma and musical awareness to produce a superb pop song.” 

Since then, Matt released his singles “12:00am” and “I’ve Been Watching You (feat. Mestiza)” which landed him a feature Billboard Magazine’s “Emerging Artist” Category in December 2019. Matt’s single “I’ve Been Watching You” featuring Venezuelan hip hop artist, Mestiza, has over 1.3 Million Streams. The pair performed the song live for iHeart Radio and the song has been featured on many Spotify playlists including, the “Netlifx and Chill” Playlist and “Sex Songs” Playlist.  

Matt’s single “Crazy Bout Cha” released on October 23rd, with the music video following on October 30th. Matt premiered his new single via a livestream performance at the  MLG & Friends Concert! Matt LeGrand has become one of Chicago’s fastest rising stars. 

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will air Sunday, January 31st on CBS.

"I'm incredibly grateful to be nominated again and see my name next to so many of my friends and heroes,” says Chahayed. “Thanks to the artists, producers and songwriters who I got to work with on these special records for including me in their projects."

In addition to Chahayed’s nomination for Best Rap Song, Nas’ King’s Disease earned a nod for Best Rap Album (Rogét produced “27 Summers” and “Blue Benz”); Big Sean and Nipsey Hussle’s collab “Deep Reverence” earned Best Rap Performance (Rogét is credited as a producer and songwriter); and “Laugh Now Cry Later” earned a second nomination for Best Melodic Rap performance.

Considered one of the industry’s most sought after producers for “[killer] hooks, unique intros and outros, and irresistible synth lines,” Dr. Dre’s former protegé has seen his star status grow since his first chart-topping release for D.R.A.M. and Lil Yachty’s “Broccoli” (Grammy nominated - 7x Certified Platinum). Cementing his production work on tracks for Miguel, Khalid, Calvin Harris, Halsey and more, Rogét has broken down his production work on SiriusXM’s Sway’s Universe and Fight Nation, been praised by Billboard, Pitchfork, and Complex, and recently collaborated with music software company, Native Instruments for a review of his work. Despite the insanity that has been 2020, Rogét had an incredible year, landing production and songwriting credits on Nas’ thirteenth studio album King’s Disease for “27 Summers” and “Blue Benz;” Kehlani’s “Open Passionate” from It Was Good Until It Wasn’t; six tracks off of Big Sean’s Detroit 2 including the three stories featuring Dave Chapelle, Erykah Badu and Stevie Wonder; along with production work on Joji’s “Nitrous” and the DRAX Project’s “Firefly” featuring Fetty Wap. 

In the midst of producing multi-Platinum selling and Grammy Award-nominated records, Rogét recently ventured into music publishing, launching his own publishing company TruSauce, with longtime manager Greg Katz, in July 2019. A partnership with Kobalt Music Group, Rogét’s publisher throughout his career, TruSauce allows Chahayed the opportunity to develop a roster of songwriters who see the world the way he does, and who put creativity and collaboration among friends, first. In addition to Kobalt’s A&R staff, sync licensing, royalty collection, and financial transparency, Kobalt also provides the opportunity for Chahayed to continue owning the copyrights to all his classic songs – a perk that almost no other songwriter of his stature enjoys. Having signed producers Wes Singerman and Taylor Dexter in 2019, Rogét and his team have added female-producer/artist Chong The Nomad (aka Alda Agustiano) to their roster. An Indonesian-American songwriter and producer from Seattle, WA, Chong co-produced and co-wrote Australian singer-songwriter Wafia’s single, “Pick Me,” which has since amassed over 1.5 million streams to-date. 

For more information, and to stay up-to-date with Rogét, follow him on socials at @rogetchahayed. 

Sam’s scheme paid off and he signed to a small indie label. Suddenly, things were looking up. Everything would be fine. And it was, for a while. Then after ten months and precisely zero releases, it was over. The split was as amicable as these things generally can be, which meant that Sam was allowed to keep the songs he’d been working on. One of them, “This City”, which Sam had written about his earlier struggles making it in LA, took on a new meaning. The song took further significance when Sam released it the following year and saw it soar to 75m streams (and counting), launching his career in the process. “I’m forever grateful for ‘This City’,” Sam smiles.

“This City’s” slow-burn success also led to further well-received releases, as well as a pivotal tour with Lewis Capaldi — although Sam had to swerve the opening date as it fell on his wedding day. “The tour made for a strange honeymoon, but Lewis is an absolute icon and a very dear mate and I probably wouldn’t be here without him,” Sam adds. The success of Sam’s music has also resulted in a new deal with RCA Records with plans to release a deluge of new material in 2020.

Among the new songs is one called “Ready” which, like “This City” and a number of Sam’s other tunes, is an unconventional take on a love song: it’s a love song that isn’t a love song, but it’s also sort of a love song. “It’s unrequited love,” Sam begins. “It’s ‘I know I can be good for you, I know we can be good for each other, but you don’t see it and it’s killing me’. But it’s not about romance.”

Sam adds that seeing fans and listeners decipher his lyrics and insert their own experiences into his work is one of the most rewarding aspects of songwriting. “It’s so beautiful to see people find their own meaning in my songs,” he says. “I want my music to be a safe place for people to feel their own feelings and to talk about themselves when they haven’t yet found their own way of doing it. I want people to feel they can take cover in my words.”