Apple Music's 'Up Next' series set to champion emerging artists

Apple Music has announced a new series, focusing on a different emerging artist each month. Called Up Next, it will comprise a mini-documentary, spotlight on the artist's latest album, an interview with Beats 1 DJ Zane Lowe and special playlists.

Chosen artists will also feature on The Late Late Show with James Corden, which is a partner of the programme, CMU reports.

First up is 6LACK (pronounced 'Black'), a singer/songwriter/rapper from Atlanta. He's best known for last year's single PRBLMS, and is signed to both LoveRenaissance and Universal's Interscope Records labels.

It also recently signed 808 The Movie (a documentary about the Roland TR-808 drum machine), and Taylor Swift's concert film of her album 1989. Plus an app-based reality show called Planet of the Apps and, of course, Carpool Karaoke.

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