Oakland News Now – Soulbeat Week In Oakland And Worldwide Celebrate Soulbeat July 30th Oakland City Hall #Soulbeat Day – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube
Soulbeat Week In Oakland And Worldwide Celebrate Soulbeat July 30th Oakland City Hall #Soulbeat Day
Soulbeat, the entertainment television station that was the go-to for Oaklanders to find out what was happening in our town during the 1990s, is celebrated this week, culminating with a special event at Oakland City Hall July 30th, 2021.
As the Soulbeat website explains,
Soul Beat, was the first Black owned cable TV network and was on air 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from 1978 to 2003. Soul Beat was on cable channel 37 and catered unapologetically to its city’s African American population, and provided the first television exposure for many local R&B and rap artists.]
Many Oaklanders appeared on Soulbeat, including me. I talked about economic development problems in Oakland as a guest back in 1989. But Soulbeat was known primarily for music and was the place to go to learn who was who in the then-emerging rap culture we now call Hip Hop.
So, if you see Chuck Johnson somewhere in Oakland, give him a high-five.
Stay tuned.
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