the documentaries Tupac Vs. and Tupac: Before I Wake from UMC's Black Music Month collection.
The celebration continues on Friday, June 9, 2017 as UMC presents American Beatboxer, an award-winning documentary that follows the experience of the first American Beatbox Championship. The inaugural event, which took place in Brooklyn, NY, brought together beatboxers and beatbox fans of all races from across the country and featured a judging panel of hip hop music legends Rahzel the “Godfather of Noyze”, Masai Electro, Parrish Smith of EPMD, and Jarobi White of A Tribe Called Quest. Directed by Manauvaskar Kublall, produced by Richard McKeown, and executive produced by Chesney Snow – co-founder of the American Beatboxing Championship, the film is included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum & Archive and documents one of the most neglected genres of hip hop music culture, acknowledging beatboxing's rightful place in Hip Hop history, as well as its establishment as an American art form.
Finally, #ThrowbackThursdays continues with episodes from Season 1 of WE tv's Braxton Family Values added to UMC each and every week through July 27, 2017. Watch for the first time or continue the trip down memory lane with the Braxton music family and catch #BFVonUMC! Available at www.umc.tv, UMC is the first premium subscription streaming service that showcases quality African American and Black entertainment across all genres from RLJ Entertainment
