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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Some of them — including Grammy Award-winning artists such as Jay-Z , The Chainsmokers , Nas , and others like Snoop Dogg — have launched various funds to invest in startups in the U.S., What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? Europe and globally. . Mr. Eazi (founder of Empawa Africa and investor in PawaPay).

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7 Essentials for Your Nonprofit’s Branding Guidelines

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You will want to be sure you have a typeface that works nicely as a headline and another for body text. You should include descriptive copy that explains both which typeface to use for headlines and which to use for body copy. This is often achieved by using a collection of illustrations created by the same artist.

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Mindset, an artist-driven mental wellness audio platform, raises $8.7M from Scooter Braun’s TQ Ventures and others

TechCrunch

Mindset, a platform featuring personal story collections from recording artists, announced today that it raised $8.7 In its current format, Mindset features four audio collections from artists like Jae, Tablo, BM, and Mindset co-founder Eric Nam , who happens to be a K-pop star himself. million in seed funding.

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Spotify to add 8:46-minute moment of silence to playlists and podcasts in honor of George Floyd

The Verge

On this day — and every day — Spotify will support our employees, friends, partners, artists, and creators in the fight against racism, injustice, and inequity,” the company writes in a blog post. “We As a result, you’ll notice some changes on Spotify starting at 12:01 AM on Tuesday.”.

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Visa launches NFT program as it considers the digital art a new form of e-commerce

TechCrunch

The one-year immersion program, the Visa Creator Program, will bring together a global cohort of creators including artists, musicians, fashion designers and filmmakers the ability to build their businesses with NFTs. I saw firsthand how NFTs can enable artists,” Johnson said to TechCrunch. “I

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Make the most of wearing a mask

The Verge

After COVID-19 started dominating the headlines, one of the changes that we started making in our lives ( well, most of us, anyway ) was to wear a mask. Well, nothing says sophistication like Vida’s holiday masks , which have artistically patterned gold or silver foil laid against a black background. Rexi Co’s mask with fringes.

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I spent hours waiting to find out what an NFT looks like IRL

The Verge

For most of the afternoon, the event transformed Terminal 5 into a digital art gallery, showcasing rising NFT artists. Some time afterward, I ended up in a conversation with an artist and an employee of a major NFT exchange. We won’t be offended,” the artist said. The artist was offended. I hesitated before answering. “We

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