Ester Dean & Makeba Riddick Take Home BMI Pop Awards!

Congratulations to ESTER DEAN and MAKEBA RIDDICK for their wins at last night’s 60th Annual BMI Pop Awards!

Makeba won  for her Award Winning Song “Rude Boy.”

Ester Dean, Benny Blanco and Pitbull all earned the coveted “BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year” title.

She also won 5 writer and publisher awards for her work on “Rude Boy,” “Firework,” “S&M,” “Super Bass,” and “What’s My Name” and took home the BMI Pop Song of the Year Award for “Firework.”

Her hard work has definitely not gone un-noticed.

Jahlil Beats Talks With Aol’s The Boombox

“Twenty-four-year-old Jahlil Beats is currently having the time of his life. He and Philly firestarter Meek Mill are no longer chasing dreams but living them. As the primary beatsmith behind Meek’s explosive rap career, one could say that Jahlil’s production credits are following the same trajectory.

Since 2008, the two have been developing a work relationship that hip-hop fans have already begun comparing to the rapper-producer bond shared by the likes of Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre and Swizz Beatz and DMX.”

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