Black Music Action Coalition

The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) is a black activist organization American record label executive, Courtney Stewart was a founding member and serves on the executive committee for the nonprofit formed in 2020 to combat systemic racism in the music industry. American entertainment lawyer and artist rights advocate, Dina LaPolt is also an active member on the Executive Leadership Council. Willie “Prophet” Stiggers, is Co-Founder, President & CEO. The first Black music action coalition known as Republic Records Action Committee (R2AC), was created by American music industry executive, Steve Carless.

In April 2021, American country music singer/songwriter, Morgan Wallen donated $300,000 to the Black Music Action Coalition in the names of 20 people who had counseled him following some "dumb stuff". Those individuals were given the option to funnel their respective $15,000 donations to a charity of their choice, or keep the money within the BMAC. In 2021, BMAC and Hip hop music festivals, Rolling Loud partnered Social Justice Initiatives. In 2023, the international hip hop music festival Rolling Loud hosted a panel discussion in support of their Restoring Artistic Protections (RAP) Act initiative on the first day of Rolling Loud Miami. The panel included Stiggers for BMAC, Rolling Loud co-Founder Tariq Cherif, Congressmans Hank Johnson and Jamaal Bowman. The act was introduced as a way to protect artists' creative expression, which has been used against them as evidence in court.

Regarding Tennessee's ELVIS Act, Stiggers said: “Black Music Action Coalition supports this first-of-its-kind legislation, as the misuse of AI could devastate Black music creators who already face an uphill battle. Our priority is to amplify the larger justice movement in the music industry, and we commend Tennessee for setting the standard in AI protection legislation. We hope to see other states follow in Tennessee’s lead in order to protect the creative community.”

Music in Action Awards
The Black Music Action Coalition's inaugural Music in Action Awards On September 23, were presented by The Weeknd. That year LaPolt herself was honoured for her Black community activism as the recipient of BMAC’s Agent of Change Award alongside civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump. The Weeknd himself received the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award.