Tag: mtvU
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Darius Goes West: Using The Power of MTV For Good
A few months ago, Brett Ratner came to the office and, among other things, asked what we were going to do about this kid Darius Weems. Darius suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) — the leading genetic killer of young people worldwide, which took his brother’s life at age 19. When he was just 16,…
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This Kid Named “Foretold” Just Killed It With A Hip-Hop Set Right Here In My Office At MTV
I met Mutaurwa Mapondera (a.k.a. “Foretold“) 2 years ago, when my colleague Zach Papale, who knows more about college bands than anyone ever, played me his music. “Foretold,” as he’s known in hip-hop circles, was a student at UNC–Chapel Hill, and was already blowin’ up inside mtvU’s incubator for emerging artists, “Best Music On Campus.”…
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Patrick Hosmer’s Memo to Dunkin’ Donuts, American Apparel & Subway: “Branded Censorship Will Make Us All Rich”
Patrick Hosmer’s new blog post today — “Branded Censorship Will Make Us All Rich” — is pure genius. Patrick’s a great young producer, another breakout talent from the land of mtvU (there’s something in the water at mtvU). Patrick’s a graphic designer, writer, editor, producer…basically a one man creative force. He’s not just brilliant, he…
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Did Slim Find The Real Spiderman?
Si vous pensiez avoir tout vu en matière de ‘Parkour’ détrompez-vous ! Raju ce kenyan de 33 ans est un véritable petit singe qui peut escalader à mains nues. Aniss Slimane (a.k.a. SLIM) sent this to me. Slim himself is one of the world’s next great digital artists. Here’s an interview from Slim’s appearance on…
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My Hands Are Bananas
Nick Andrews is a student filmmaker at Montana State. Here’s what Nick looks like: I first saw Nick’s work when he starting posting films in mtvU’s BEST FILM ON CAMPUS (aka BFOC), an incubator for college student filmmakers. Best Film On Campus is wall to wall with amazing young writers and directors. When they start…
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Hillary Clinton Leaks mtvU Winners Via Twitter
Awesome day for mtvU, as Secretary of State Clinton leaked the winners of this year’s Fulbright mtvU Fellowships via twitter. Each year, mtvU asks some major artists (Wyclef Jean, Serj Tankian from System of a Down, Tunde Adebimpe from TV on the Radio and Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, to name a few) to help…
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My Vote (So Far) For Music Video of the Year
Matt & Kim’s “Lessons Learned.” Make sure you watch to the end…