In case you were wondering if anyone from the urban/electronic music community would be at our upcoming DC Policy Day, no worries — production legend and FMC advisory board member Hank Shocklee will be ready to represent in Washington on Wednesday, February 11.

A Long Island native and two-time Source Magazine “Producer of the Year,” Hank is currently president of Shocklee Entertainment — a music, film media and technology info portal through which users can exchange information and discover valuable tools to advance their own careers. read more

As if the Pitchfork Music Festival didn’t already hold enough thrills, Future of Music Coalition is co-presenting a panel discussion on Public Enemy’s seminal hip-hop album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, at the the Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy Theater on Thursday, July 17. (The group will perform the album in its entirety at the Pitchfork Fest the following evening.) read more