Kayne West Assists Negro League Museum

USA - Grammy Award-winner Kanye West along with Hip-Hop music artists T-Pain and Akon will be featured on an upcoming CD of R&B and hip-hop songs titled “True to the Game,” that will benefit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

The compilation CD is the first project from Stadium Entertainment which aims to combine music, social consciousness and philanthropy. It will be distributed by Pyramid/Fontana/Universal and released on October 21.

Stadium plans to release two more compilations and a best-of CD under its agreement with the 18-year-old museum.

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri will receive a percentage of the proceeds from “True to the Game” to help fund a $15 million education and research center within the historical landmark building where the Negro Leagues were established in 1920.

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum director of marketing Bob Kendrick said the Stadium affiliation is “just an extension of our existing licensing arm. It’s important for cultural institutions to find nontraditional revenue sources, especially in this difficult economy. But, more important, it’s an opportunity for us to give this vital history a new voice through the power of R&B and hip-hop and enlighten a new generation of youth.”

Source: Reuters