Teens Celebrate Passing of CROWN ACT Ordinance in Louisville

The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act is now law in Louisville, Kentucky, thanks to a group of young teens known as The Real Young Prodigy's.

The CROWN Act was created in 2019 by The Crown Coalition and Dove as a movement that aims to protect all different styles of hair within the black community. California was the first state to pass the law.

In March 2020, The Real Young Prodigy's (TRYP) rallied alongside other youth and supporters to the Kentucky state capitol in Frankfort for the passing of House Bill 43. Thus far only 13 states have completely passed the legislation and Kentucky is not one of them. However, the ordinance of stopping discrimination against natural hair within any school or workplace did become law in other cities such as Covington.

National CROWN Act Day is now celebrated each year on July 3.

The power in black hair independence is magical and says so much about an individual. Singer India Arie mentions how she is not her hair, whereas other celebrities' teach us for others to not touch our hair and for us to whip our hair back and forth.

TRYP rise to fame began with their single RAParations, a song that caused a lot of controversy due to it's civil right historical references. The Prodigy's serve as a voice not only for themselves yet also younger people within their community.

The group was formed at Wheatley Elementary School under the instruction of the 2019 Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year, NyRee Clayton-Taylor. A teacher who teaches her students creative reading and writing through hip hop.

Last year their focus centered around Police Brutality which includes fighting for Justice For All black lives across the country including one that hits very close to home, the life of Breonna Taylor.

TRYP music has both powerful content and dancing fun for people of all ages.

On Saturday the group of teens were able to display that during their concert celebration at the Shawnee Community Center where MelodicallyInTune's own Melody Simone served as the hostess for the afternoon.

Be on the lookout for more empowering music and events from The Real Young Prodigy's.

Here are the NaeNae Twins TikTok dance challenge to TRYP song CROWN. Show off your crown and lets see what you got...

#TheRealYoungProdigys #NationalCROWNActDay #ItsTheCrownForMe

You can sign the petition to help ban discrimination against natural hair by going to www.thecrownact.com

"Sorry I Stood You Up Last Night" Album Release Party

Roughly two months later after releasing his music video for 'Dunkaroos (Just Another Afternoon)' a single from "1st Edition Charizard" which released at the beginning of the year 2019.

Louisville, Rapper Peter Wesley is back to showcase his new project "Sorry I Stood You Up Last Night." Wesley stated under an Instagram post he pinky promises "it's the best material [he's] made yet."

An album featuring seven songs with no artist features. Wesley will host an album release party on Saturday, November 9 at Kaiju Bar located in the Germantown area.

In addition to Peter Wesley performing all new music there will be other rap performances from artists such as Dom B. and Cino Fresh with DJ Fred 100 on the 1's and 2's.

1004 East Oak Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40204

9:30pm until midnight

Entry to attend is $5

We don't think you want to be the one on the following day saying 'sorry about last night' because you did not attend.

You can pick up your hard copies of the new album available for purchase on November 9, at the release party.

New Online Music Show, TechniQolor Coming Soon

Bringing you nothing but SoulTrain, BET 106&Park, Rap City in the Basement and MTV TRL type of vibes with this new show.

An amazing concept brought to us by an entrepreneur and writer of the movie Frat House, DJ Darryl "PartyAllWknd" Stephens presents us with the show, 'TechniQolor.'

"People can expect to be entertained and visually stimulated. The goal is to produce vibes through the screen. It's also a dope way to introduce some new, upcoming artist to the world." -DJ PartyAllWknd

TechniQolor is a show that will highlight independent artist as well as showcasing dope mixes of well known music gurus.

The name of the show serves as a combination for both words technique and color. The original premise for the show had to find a way to display PartyAllWknd's skills as a DJ with a twist to it.

Once him and his team director Rodney Cox, creative director Keshia Parker, director of photography Kyle Gordon and co-host Kina Turner "started developing the show which then took off and created a life of its own," PartyAllWknd states.

The show is scheduled to premiere Wednesday, October 16, 2019 on the TechniQolor TV YouTube page.

Host Turner interviews artists about recent tours, music videos, dance challenges and more.

The first episode is expected to give everyone a lot of F.L.A.V.A with special guest Hip-Hop Femme Rap artist Sasha Renee along with providing a Dreamville mixtape vibe featuring dancer Phillip Hancock.

"As a DJ, I come up with the set. Whether its a particular artist or genre... then we build the set from there. A lot of times the set will coincide with the music, ex. J.Cole mix has a basketball... we all know J.Cole loves basketball. Little stuff like that."

The show will air weekly on YouTube every Wednesday at 6pm. The first season may have a few breaks in between but we have plans for 10 episodes each season.

The next scheduled show will be the following Wednesday, October 23, 'The Marathon Continues' and following weeks episode three titled 'Heyyy Mrs. Carter Part One.'

For those interested in being a part of the show email: info@techniqolortv.com

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