Until artists+creators DIVEST from mainstream streaming platforms, It is
#musicbiz
as usual + artists will cont. to get exploited.
Here's an ecosystem map of music initiatives on the
#Blockchain
+ a dope article from fam
@BlackDave
@Imani_Barbarin
There USED to be a bunch of these groups on facebook. We ran one where yt folks would give Black folks money 🤭. Turned into a toxic hot mess by the end. Give me money$ groups still exist over there (sanity beware tho 😩)
@Azryah_Harvey
There are many Afro Palestinians and even if there weren’t, Palestinians have done nothing but love me to the core and stand in solidarity with our people with no questions asked
@lowercaseB_
The Pan-African Cultural Festival in Algeria (1969) attracted HUNDREDS of delegates from independent African countries and reps from liberation movements
The most famous picture from this festival was of Eldridge Cleaver, the BPP and the PLO (Palestinians)
@Imani_Barbarin
I took some classes via the algarabia language co-op . Sliding scale.
Also Maha on YouTube has a bunch of really great videos re the alphabet and phrases and cultural videos (levantine dialect)
@lowercaseB_
Also solidarity between Black folks and Palestinians goes back SEVERAL decades
You can research the links between 👉🏾 Malcolm x, Huey P Newton, Leila Khaled (PFLP), Rasmia Odeh, Assata, George Jackson, Adisa Kamara, SNCC, SAMED, Safiya Bukhari, etc
I’m organizing (with frens of course) a Twitter Spaces re: funding and grants for artists and creative entrepreneurs.
What do you want to know about getting funding, finding grants, etc?
@lowercaseB_
Also Palestinians would often house (and still do) revolutionaries coming to Palestine for conferences, cultural exchanges, etc.
Existence is Resistance aka EIR brings Hip Hop artists and creatives to tour local communities in Palestine, teach workshops , exchange culture, learn
Hey frens!
I need your support ☺️!
The allocation phase of
@dao_drops
has begun!
I’ve been nominated! 🥰😍😍
👉🏾Head to , connect your wallet, check your points, scroll till you find my name AND allocate
👉🏾Last day to allocate points is March 24th!
🧵:
☔️It’s happening: The allocation phase is LIVE
Thousands of addresses have been assigned voting power. You’ll choose how the funds will be distributed.
@WrittenByHanna
Dumpster Diving @ NYU x NYC unis during Summer/Winter move out was a gold mine. Perfectly good laptops, rich ppl furniture and anything else you could imagine. The fashion district and Prospect Park on ANY given day = goldmine.
Lived on resale of rich sh** ish for yearsss!
🎙️New podcast episode featuring
@NatalieCrue
is out! If you know Natalie, you know she doesn't mince words! She gets spicy and keeps it funky on this one!
☑️Listen:
☑️Mint:
@ourZORA
Dont click on ANY links esp from emails or online. Disconnect your wallets now.
The fact that the community has to do the work of investigating
@opensea
’s bs is not surprising, however, it IS wildly ridiculous
Tune in here for updates
Calling it now.
The hacker used a standard phishing email copying the genuine
#Opensea
one sent out a few days ago, then got a number of people to sign permissions with WyvernExchange.
No exploit, just people not reading sign permissions as normal.
If you think holding people in Web3 accountable and exposing ruggers/misogynists/racists/transphobes/grifters/scammers is “abusive” or unnecessary…
All I gotta say is… 👉🏾
@Marcelius_B
@GeauxGabrielle
Also discrimination and predatory frameworks that extract resources out of our neighborhoods are very real as is the lack of access coupled with racism
These non-profits want people to believe they can “budget worksheet” their way out of poverty w/o addressing the real issues
Oh! I have been selected to join
#SheFiSeason10
as a scholar!! 😱
Education is sooo important and no matter how long I've been in Web3/crypto, it is important to keep sharpening our irons and learn somethin' every day. Looking forward to this
S/O
@zerion
@She__Fi
& rockstar
@KarenAttiah
The fact that people in these comments can’t imagine pushing forward third parties is wild to me.. and dismantling this two party dictatorship is.. yikes
Seriously..
How are you creating spaces/making room for the Nipseys of the world?
How are you decolonizing academic spaces? conferences? classrooms? funding arenas?
#hiphoped
Not only did this clown say the n word live on
@unlonely_app
THIS WEEK, he attacked multiple people, tweeted the r AND the n word, high fived numerous crypto clowns in his comments who were in alignment with his ignorance, racism, disrespect and trash behavior towards MULTIPLE
i’ve gotten pretty careless on this app, have adopted a “don’t think just tweet” mentality in the name of “growth”, gotten a little too comfortable towing the line between controversial, rage-baiting, and purposefully inciting conflict to gain attention.
recently I’ve crossed
If you have a project on Arbitrum or a project that will benefit the Arbitrum community, the first round of our mini grant (of several) is Live!
This week’s theme is “Empowering Web3 Communities” if you have questions before you apply, lmk
@cilla05
@AngryBlackLady
There’s legit over a decade of receipts on the internet detailing his scammer escapades. And NOT ONCE did that money EVER go to said organization, dead Black Persons family or funeral costs and so on
LISTEN to Black women
I get so much anxiety applying for fellowships and ish like that however I pressed submit this time... I am usually the one on the other side of the table.
What is for me is for me... And I will build this thing no matter what.
@wildparadox
@emilykmay
@Imani_Barbarin
As someone who used to work at these places, the amount of abuse by staff and corporate overlords is wild! And not just physical abuse. Financial abuse is rampant including misdiagnosis to get more 💰.
Thank you
@uhCaribe
for this incredible gift — my beautiful new pfp (of meee), La Constructora, from her new PowerfulMamacita collection.
I absolutely love it! Love you amiga 🇻🇪!!
Quit calling people “influencers” and community stewards when they refuse to stand up for other NFT artists and community in the time of need/crisis!
Community >> ETH
This is a scam x rug. Devs cashed out 103eth. Then tried to put 50k back after ppl caught on.
Wallets point to the rugged lil hippo nft project ($1m+) and lil keke. both ran by a known grifter from clubhouse named Rundown and his crew of weirdos who we regularly beat up for
Don’t believe the rumors! The
@Game5Ball
project is here to stay. We’re committed to making history and building a strong project and community, despite the impersonators, snipers, website and Telegram attacks. That is over with now and it made us even more
#bullish
. The $BALL is
I also co produced
@MVMFPresents
one of the earliest and largest festivals on chain (s/o to
@NFTland
the OG Patron Saint of the Metaverse x Events)
Lead Social Impact x an artist
@RarePizzas
, one of the 1st communities where I felt I belonged x funded Pizza parties across the 🌍
Can y’all do your girl a favor and nominate me as a judge for this?!
Ive stewarded and co-created MANY micro grants and funding bodies in and outside of web3/crypto.
It is more important to be equitable (fairness is subjective) and to do extensive outreach across the ecosystem
ok big breath, but uh:
just really excited to announce that arbitrum dao will be using us as their grants platform to nominate, pick, and fund 80k $ARB (~$90,000 USD) over 8 contests
step one?
nominate who you want to be the judges
Instead of performative initiatives and bandaid diversity programs, I'd like to see academic spaces AND museums open source + distribute edu./materials/resources/$$$ to POC Communities so they can begin to archive their own histories & cultural artifacts thru THEIR lens
#Huesday
Lastly…
Some of you just got here..
Not going to ignore the ways in which some of you digital colonizers and firsty thirsties are skewing history or enabling abusers so you can extract from web3 or silence people like me
The last two days have been ridiculous. Y’all make me sad
AI and Music -- the US Patent Office is hosting roundtables and May 31 is focused on music.
Register to attend virtual session here, or submit as speaker.
I truly will remember this forever... my deepest thanks to
@SuperchiefNFT
and
@pepe__wtf
Everybody who helped and supported and all the frens
This was special...
And it was
@FAKERARES_XCP
I want to make a blockchain game where my crypto/NFT friends and I PLUS you fight the evil corporate overlords and vulture capitalists. And teach yall crypto history cause…
#TheStakesIsHIgh
Happy Mothers Day to my mother and my second mother/madrina/nina who left this planet a few weeks ago 😭!
Both were about THAT life and did play about their kids.
@Blackamazon
This might be at a fancy tourist restaurant bc my nonna would go ham looking at that. Thats a second appetizer/starter plate before the 4,345 other mega dishes roll out of the kitchen. 😂😂😭😭
@aaronhaceves
One of the most incompetent people I’ve EVER met was a Harvard Rower. Was a legacy too. Her parents made her work at our trash job to gain “cultural competency”, “grit”, and “awareness”. Her bf had never been around Black children before. When he visited.. 🙃
I was flabbergasted!
Web3 Black History Month NFT curation committee and selected artists, Ethereum grant committee, DAO Leadership Retreat, *insert NFT platform here*, etc
None of my Web3 peers (def NOT me) built rails here for musicians to be ushered back into “360 deals”
How “we” Web3 AND why as well as WHO continues to be centered + overly resourced are some aspects of Web3 we need to DEEPLY explore more often
Why can't artists raise $$ like startups instead of going to labels?
Daniel Allan just raised a $1M artist seed round.
Here's the details & the big picture for artists ↓
Boosting this! 🍕
Would love to scale our pizza parties in cities across the globe especially in Asia, Africa, Caribbean,
#Antarctica
(seriously) and onboard more local pizzerias, social impact projects and non profits as well.
We’re at 115++ cities and counting..
DM me for
The largest pizza party in the world is upon us! 🎉
If you’d like to throw a 🍕 party in your country/community, let us know.
If you run an organization/non profit/impact project ANYWHERE in the world or know one, we’d love to throw you a 🍕 party. DM me!
My time in NYC is nearing the end..
S/O to
@kas__vegas
,
@bleuallday
for having 800 snacks and a poncho for me 🤣🤣. Love these two!
@KaneMayfield
and our whole chat. Good people are hard to come by! I’m honored to call you my friend and am so proud of you. I love seeing you
@grlkrash
We NEED all US. We NEED all of US in the Revolution!
Pick your role.
Write letters
CREATE - BUILD
EDUCATE yourself. Sharpen that iron
Mutual Aid
Support our folks
Open source
Pay artists
Amplify the homies
I need
@nft_nyc
to stop wasting artists time by asking for feedback that they’re never going to take into consideration.
This has been an ongoing thing for YEARS (hi Clubhouse!) and numerous people have reached out and given feedback via IRL, emails, etc. And instead of taking
If you were unable to meet
@bio_computer
Here is a video of him sharing some of his future plans.
What an amazing Artist and Musician.
Good hearted passionate and patient people are always a joy to spend time with.
Growing our computers is possible.
#GrowTheFutureTogether
Do you have empty parcels in
@decentraland
or
@cryptovoxels
and would be open to letting emerging/established artists, metaverse architects, students + creatives build out
#ParcelsAsPublicGoods
?? 3-15 month collab rights to build experiences, art exhibitions, public art, etc
@iSmashFizzle
Threaten to report them to department of transportation (do file tho!) and ask them to bring a supervisor over (get hotel, taxi and meal voucherS). you can request other things like addtl compensation, points/miles, etc.
I was in limbo on United for three days this week.
Every time I tune into music industry Clubhouse or hangout with my friends immersed in that blackhole, I’m reminded of the importance of web3 music needing to build a robust, global ecosystem & web of care that looks EXTREMELY different thn the Music industry.
Web3 is WINNING >>
The world is much bigger than the very US centric Twitter/NFT world that we currently live in.
You NEED to tap into the rest of the world as artists/creators. The Asian NFT market is killin it! Tune into this TwitterSpaces rt now
Super excited to co-host this Space next week w/ the fabulous
@thiskittyisgood
!
If you haven’t heard, we’ve officially launched the DeGrants Pilot. We’ll be hosting a space to answer any questions you may have about this grant and workshop your ideas💡..
🙌🏾🙌🏾
💜Grant Support Hour with
@thiskittyisgood
, Founder of
@XBTCollective
and
@omigallery
. And
@NatalieCrue
founder of Web3 Uncut & Community builder
Supporting all applicants interested in NFTs, Music, Art, etc. Come let's shape your ideas together!
Thanks to everyone who came out to our pizza party last night for
@Pizza_DAO
On May 22 we are probably having a party near you for Bitcoin Pizza Day 🍕
@LoBo_301
🪜🍕🎁