In an over-saturated music industry, there’s nothing better than new talent that has something fresh to offer. Last night SOB’s hosted BET’s Music Matters Showcase featuring this year’s ‘best of the best,’ and, all cliches aside, the group of talent chosen truly represents this year’s best of the best. The line-up included Curtis Fields, Adrian […]

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Last week we brought you talented singer/songwriter Mateo‘s original holiday track, “Home For Christmas.” This week, we’re happy to bring you the visuals for what is now officially one of our new favorite Christmas songs. The video, directed by JL Brown, features Mateo performing in the subway stations of NYC as well as traveling home for Christmas […]

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Our favorite Cincinnati-native, Mateo, is bringing some serious joy to our holiday playlist. The New York transplant and member of the Krucial Noise family released his original holiday track, “Home for Christmas,” where his smooth vocals yearn to come home and be with his love for the holidays. He sings: I wanna see snowflakes fall/I wanna […]

It’s been a long road for R&B singer/songwriter Mateo. The journey to success for the “How Good Is Your Love” singer hasn’t been an easy one. From being signed to an unpromising deal with MySpace records, to spending many lonely days and nights in New Jersey as he struggled to get his music career off […]

Oh, this is good. R&B singer Mateo takes hold of Drake’s smash single “Hold On, We’re Going Home” and propels it to the next level with his own “kitchen cover.” Mateo and his Krucial Noise family use ordinary kitchen utensils like bowls, spoons, and a household coffee machine to kick off their version of Drake’s […]

This past year has been a whirlwind for singer Mateo. After going on a national tour with Keyshia Cole, who was also joined by the lovely Chrisette Michele, he’s finished up some new music for his EP We’ve Met Before. With a falsetto that makes the ladies scream, and nearly faint, at concerts around the country, […]

This past Saturday was like any other day of the weekend for most, but for fans of R&B singer Mateo, it was definitely an exciting one! The up and coming Interscope artist graced loyal fans with his presence at the Apollo Theater Music Café, coming out with plenty of enthusiasm as his personal stage drummer tapped […]

Singer Mateo is ready to single-handedly bring R&B back! Coming from a music background, where music is actually ingrained in his DNA, Mateo pulls inspiration from artists like Erykah Badu, Alicia Keys, and newcomer Frank Ocean.  Taking a leap of faith, Mateo quit his corporate job to peruse music, and now it’s finally paying off. […]

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Seems like Rick Ross will have to be a patient man if he wants Wiz Khalifa to join him on Maybach Music as Atlantic Records announced the budding hip-hop emcee as their newest signee. Wiz has been quickly rising in popularity since the release of his Kush & Orange Juice mixtape in April of this […]

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As some of you may remember, Shyne recently got signed to Def Jam after L.A Reid took a trip to Belize. Well, here’s the footage of that meeting between the two: http://zen.picapp.com/globalgrind/create_gallery.js @KanYeezy– Hip Hop Culture