{"id":2200800,"date":"2026-10-15T19:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2200800"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:33:18","slug":"recording-academys-black-music-collective-amazon-music-announce-2026-hbcu-scholarship-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2200800","title":{"rendered":"Recording Academy\u2019s Black Music Collective & Amazon Music Announce 2026 HBCU Scholarship Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tThe Recording Academy and Amazon Music have announced their 2026 \u201cYour Future Is Now\u201d scholarship program recipients.<\/p>\n

\n\tPresented by the Recording Academy\u2019s Black Music Collective (BMC) and Amazon Music, the \u201cYour Future Is Now\u201d scholarship program was established in 2021 to cultivate the next generation of music industry leaders at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The program provides five selected students with $10,000 scholarships, networking opportunities with leading music industry executives, an immersive rotational experience with department leaders from both the Academy and Amazon Music, and opportunities to attend 2027 Grammy Week events.<\/p>\n

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    \n\tIn addition to student scholarships, the BMC and Amazon Music award two HBCUs with $10,000 grants to buy equipment for their music programs.<\/p>\n

    \n\tNow in its fifth year, the program has awarded a total of $220,000 in scholarships to 22 HBCU students, as well as $100,000 in grants to 10 HBCU music programs.<\/p>\n

    \n\tThis year\u2019s scholarship recipients are:<\/p>\n

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    • \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anton Hopewell Jr., Junior, Howard University<\/li>\n
    • \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dana Thompson, Junior, Spelman College<\/li>\n
    • \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kennedi Paschal, Junior, Howard University<\/li>\n
    • \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kyler M Reese, Senior, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University<\/li>\n
    • \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tinuola Osuntusa, Junior, Virginia State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

      \n\tAdditionally, two $10,000 grants were presented to Howard University and Spelman College\u2019s music programs to support their music programs with equipment.<\/p>\n

      \n\tThe Black Music Collective is an advisory board of music industry leaders dedicated to advancing opportunities for Black music creators and championing increased representation across the field. Powered by the Recording Academy\u2019s DREAM Network, the Collective serves as a central hub for creators and business leaders across all genres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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      [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P115RV46-e1783569930612.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard The Recording Academy and Amazon Music have announced their 2026 \u201cYour Future Is Now\u201d scholarship program recipients. Presented by the Recording Academy\u2019s Black Music Collective (BMC) and Amazon Music, the \u201cYour Future Is Now\u201d scholarship program was established in 2021 to cultivate the next generation of music industry leaders […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2200800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2200800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2200800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2200800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2200800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}