Newark,Nj, Sept. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Newark’s Mayor Ras Baraka & legendary producer Jerry Wonda launch a music initiative, “The Other Side of Newark” at Historic Grammy Museum
Newark, NJ: Newark is a metropolis most identified for its proximity to New York City and for its airport. In current years Newark has normally been written about due to its challenges with violence and medicines like many different city facilities internationally.
What makes Newark distinctive isn’t that it is a fast commute or a less expensive different to Hoboken, however “The Other Side of Newark”, the inventive and community-based facet of Newark that has made unheralded contributions to the worlds of music, artwork, and tradition for many years.
Two of Newark’s legendary leaders and artistic collaborators famed music producer and Wonda World CEO, Jerry Wonda and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka have launched a citywide marketing campaign to showcase the unheralded and underappreciated face of Newark with the launch of “The Other Side of Newark” marketing campaign earlier this month at MTV’s Video Music Awards. The marketing campaign features a full album launch, docuseries, and dwell occasions together with the official listening social gathering for “The Other Side of Newark” which was held on September 14th, 2022 at Newark’s historic Grammy Museum.
Most popular culture lovers and music lovers do not understand the legendary artists and leaders that hail from Newark, together with Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Shaquille O’neal, Paul Simon, Joe Rogan, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Lords of The Underground group member and Newark City Councilman Dupree Kelly and naturally Wyclef Jean and The Fugees.
Jerry Wonda who has produced information which have amassed greater than 200,000,000 in recorded music gross sales and equivalents since his introduction to the trade with the legendary Fugees, has been a long-time Newark resident and producer of Newark-based musicians and expertise.
As Jerry Wonda acknowledged, “In Newark there are 5 boroughs and most of them have generational conflicts with each other. With “The Other Side of Newark” we were able to unify the 5 boroughs and create relationships across the communities. At the end of the day we want everyone to realize “Newark is Newark”, One City.
“The Other Side of Newark” undertaking consists of inventive collaborations from Councilman Dupre Kelly, and Newark-based artists together with Haze, Kellz, DangerousMBK, Fateema, and Mo’Nique the star.
Watch a Preview of “The Other Side of Newark” Project Here
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