PowerPage Nightcap September 14, 2026: Ownership, Discovery and Baltimore Stories
PowerPage Nightcap September 14, 2026 closes Monday with a question that runs through music and local culture: who gets to shape the story? Busta Rhymes and Ashanti put ownership and the business behind familiar records in focus. anaiis offers a new listening appointment, while Ashley Minner Jones invites Baltimore residents into the creative process. These four reports give the evening a path beyond another release list.
Busta Rhymes made the case for building income beyond streaming in his September 10 Yahoo Finance conversation. Physical records, merchandise and control of intellectual property were part of that discussion. Our music-business report separates his position from the mechanics of streaming royalties: a platform payment to a rightsholder is not automatically the amount an artist receives. His comments about a possible future sale were not an announcement of a completed deal.
Ashanti approached ownership from the perspective of the songs that have followed her through a long career. In her September 11 Rolling Stone AU/NZ interview, she discussed rerecording and taking ownership of her masters, alongside the value of understanding songwriting and production. Our R&B report keeps those comments in context. The interview supplies her perspective, without a newly announced release date or catalog transaction.
anaiis gives listeners a practical next step for Tuesday. KEXP lists her September 15 studio session at 2 p.m. Pacific, which is 5 p.m. Eastern in Baltimore, with a live listening option at KEXP.org. Our discovery report introduces her catalog and the upcoming appearance. Hear her official “Sunshine” recording below before the session; the station has not promised a particular set list or a later video upload.
Ashley Minner Jones brings the focus home through The place today known as Baltimore at BMA Lexington Market. The residency connects storytelling, archival research and art making, using the market itself as part of the work. The museum lists the next Thursday workshop for September 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with free admission and registration encouraged. Our Baltimore report explains the location and other listed dates.
Busta Rhymes, Ashanti, anaiis and Ashley Minner Jones offer four ways into Monday’s conversation: understand the business, listen with curiosity and make room for local stories. Follow the individual reports for the full context, then move into tonight’s separate Grown & Sexy Slow Jams selection when it is time to ease the pace.
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