{"id":1933,"date":"2016-12-30T14:32:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T20:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tuvmag.com\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2017-01-02T18:06:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T00:06:28","slug":"tuv-magazine-came-slay-2k17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuvmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/30\/tuv-magazine-came-slay-2k17\/","title":{"rendered":"TUV Magazine Came to &#8220;Slay&#8221; in 2K17! Exclusive Interviews with &#8220;B.Slade&#8221; and &#8220;Bam-Bam&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2K17 Inaugural Issue of The Unleashed Voice Magazine is finally here and TUV does not disappoint with the highly anticipated reveal. \u00a0On the cover of the January\/February LGBTQ History Issue the musically talented B.Slade (formerly known as Ton&#8217;ex) provides and exclusive interview about his newly released album &#8220;The Black Belt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>B.Slade is poignant and intense about his focus on the plight of Black America and the intentions behind the release of this album. \u00a0Each song is carefully crafted to address some of the most urgent issues facing the Black Community especially those still living in the Southern Region of the U.S. known as the &#8220;Bible Belt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1934\" src=\"http:\/\/tuvmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BSlade.jpg\" alt=\"bslade\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuvmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BSlade.jpg 640w, https:\/\/tuvmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BSlade-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tuvmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BSlade-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuvmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BSlade-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/tuvmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BSlade-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Exclusive Cover Feature B.Slade<\/p>\n<p>The Black Belt is offered &#8220;free&#8221; to the public and can be heard and downloaded at\u00a0bslade.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-black-belt-2.\u00a0Make sure you check out &#8220;Black Lives Matter Memphis&#8221; which is dedicated to the city where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.<\/p>\n<p>Also featured in the January\/February Issue is the &#8220;former porn star&#8221; Brandon Akins aka BAM-BAM! In this feature Akins is candid about his life experiences and how each lesson has shaped and molded him into the man he is today. \u00a0In this interview Akins doesn&#8217;t disappoint the readers with his openness and frankness about his former life in porn, struggles with drugs, alcohol, domestic abuse, and his most personal reveal of being HIV positive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1939\" src=\"http:\/\/tuvmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1K1A8165-2.jpg\" alt=\"1k1a8165-2\" width=\"3483\" height=\"3483\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Beyond &#8220;Bam-Bam&#8221; Brandon Akins<\/p>\n<p>TUV Magazine LGBTQ Issue delivers a balance dose of articles ranging from &#8220;Personal Growth, to Religion.&#8221; \u00a0TUV Magazine definitely came to &#8220;SLAY&#8221; with the Inaugural 2017 LGBT History Issue. If you are interested in reading this issue you can sign up for a subscription at www.tuvmag.com for as little as $1.99 bi-monthly plus $3.00 shipping and handling.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in the know with one of the fastest growing Urban LGBTQ Publication in the U.S. TUV Magazine is currently circulating in 35 major U.S. cities.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Be sure to listen to The Unleashed Voice Radio Show every Saturday at 5 pm CST on KWAM AM 990 or Live Stream the show through www.relationshipunleashed.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2K17 Inaugural Issue of The Unleashed Voice Magazine is finally here and TUV does not disappoint with the highly anticipated reveal. \u00a0On the cover of the January\/February LGBTQ History Issue the musically talented B.Slade (formerly known as Ton&#8217;ex) provides and exclusive interview about his newly released album &#8220;The Black Belt.&#8221; B.Slade is poignant and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[249,324,268,316,218,320,155,321,93,322,319,208,318,323,317,104],"class_list":["post-1933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-feature","tag-901-memphis","tag-901-music","tag-arean-alston","tag-b-slade","tag-black-lives-matter","tag-blm-movement","tag-davin-clemons","tag-gay-gospel-artist","tag-gwendolyn-clemons","tag-make-me-over","tag-out-the-box","tag-support-901","tag-the-black-belt","tag-the-drop-out","tag-tonex","tag-tuv-magazine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tuvmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/30\/tuv-magazine-came-slay-2k17\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TUV Magazine Came to &quot;Slay&quot; in 2K17! 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