Tony Mardini is the new Director of Career Development at F.I.R.S.T. Institute. Before Tony took on this role at F.I.R.S.T., he spent years developing his craft as an audio professional. In the lifespan of his career, Tony has held the titles of In-house Engineer at Darkchild Entertainment and Engineer/Producer/Songwriter at Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s production company, Estefan Enterprises.

No sleep til Orlando? Rapper Action Bronson recently wrapped a European tour with Earl Sweatshirt and Alchemist, and now he's heading out again on his own domestic headlining jaunt this month where he'll hit the City Beautiful in early September. The MC-chef-television personality triple threat (we'll belatedly add in author and actor) released his newest album Cocodrillo Turbo in April, so expect some new sounds from that record live.