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The 'Magic City: An American Fantasy' docuseries produced by Drake and Jermaine Dupri premiered at SXSW on Monday night. The first episode was shown and well received by the audience at the Zach Theatre.

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Ben Affleck was at SXSW for the debut airing of the new film, Air, which depicts the rise of Michael Jordan at Nike.

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A new film, 'Story Ave," has gotten significant buzz after its debut at last week's SXSW Festival with attention paid to its star, Asante Blackk. The film, directed by Aristotle Torres, is a coming-of-age urban drama set in the Bronx and also features veteran actor Luís Guzmán.

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During a recent appearance, Glover and the cast discussed bringing the show to a close after its fourth season this coming fall.

Bun B

Veteran rapper and businessman Bun B sat down for a conversation with the hosts of the "Earn Your Leisure" podcast as part of the "Earn Your Masters" pop-up event held at SXSW. The event also featured performances by the UGK MC along with Tobe Nigiwe,, OG Ron C and others.

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By Friday afternoon, Fader Fort was wrapping up its three-day run at SXSW with a Hip-Hop heavy roster of young stars to include Queen Key, IDK, Flipp Dinero, Megan Thee Stallion and Young Nudy.

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On Thursday afternoon (March 14), the Fader Fort stage at SXSW was heating up but rapper 10k.Caash was feeling the chill from the crowd. “Damn,” he said. “I know it’s early but can y’all turn up wit’ ya boy?’” A woman in the crowd giggled and then whined, “It’s early…”  

The Roots

It seems there will be justice served for those who missed out on a canceled Roots show. The man who claimed there were explosives in the venue has been placed in handcuffs.

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The Roots were scheduled to perform at the SXSW Festival yesterday (March 17). However, the show was canceled due to a bomb threat, according to various reports. 

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Lyor Cohen has essentially done in it all in the Hip-Hop industry as one of the genre’s more notable music executives. In a keynote speech at this year’s SXSW, Cohen ran down his career from the start to now, beginning with his time as a roadie for the legendary Run-DMC, and even addressed Russell Simmons‘ […]

Tech

Elon Musk is a genius and there is no debating that. He built his own electric supercar the Tesla Roadster with his own money. He just successfully launched that same roadster into space with the help of one of the most advanced rockets ever built by his company SpaceX. Its no shock millions of people […]

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This year’s SXSW Festival was littered with showcases but one of the more prominent stages was easily the Bud Light Factory. Held at Austin’s Brazos Hall, headliners included Santigold, Anderson .Paak and A$AP Ferg.