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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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Metcalf Foundation now accepting applications for the 2024 Booster Fund for Toronto artists and art workers

Charity Village

The Metcalf Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2024 Booster Fund, which targets artists and arts workers grappling with the high cost of living and fragmented access to opportunity. Grants of up to $30,000 to boost projects or activities planned for 2025 are available.

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Artist, collectives, and organizations are invited to submit projects for the CAM en tournee

Charity Village

The Conseil des arts de Montréal, in partnership with Maisons de la culture de Montréal and the Association des diffuseurs culturels de l’Île de Montréal (ADICIM), have announced a call for projects for the CAM en tournée for the summer 2023 to spring 2024 presentation period.

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20+ of the best book deals in the Amazon Big Spring Sale

Mashable Tech

Best sci-fi book deal Opens in a new window Credit: Ballantine Books 'Project Hail Mary' by Andy Weir $13.98 Anyone who enjoyed Andy Weir's hit sci-fi book The Martian is bound to love Project Hail Mary. at Amazon $20 Save $6.02 Get Deal Why we like it Ryland Grace wakes up feeling groggy and confused. at Amazon $27 Save $15.07

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Amazon will take full creative control of the James Bond franchise

Engadget

However, Wilson and Broccoli will be stepping back to focus on other projects, with Amazon gaining full creative control. I have had the honor of working closely with four of the tremendously talented actors who have played 007 and thousands of wonderful artists within the industry. The company bought MGM in 2022 for $8.45

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Golden State Warriors release an album from their own record label featuring Bay Area artists

Fast Company Tech

The projectfeaturing more than a dozen Bay Area music artists, including E-40 , Too $hort, Saweetie , G-Eazy, Goapele, LaRussell, and Larry Junearrives just in time for the league’s All-Star Game weekend in San Francisco. P-Lo played a key role in bringing together the Bay Areas top artists, contributing to all nine tracks on the album.

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2 space objects are traveling so fast, they might exit the galaxy

Mashable Tech

In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an intriguing signal: They found two objects traveling together through the galaxy, one 2,300 times heavier than its companion. An artist's conception of the star speeding through the Milky Way galaxy.

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