The viral videos flood social media feeds: children from diverse backgrounds perfectly mimicking the runs of Whitney Houston or matching Stevie Wonder’s intricate melodies note
Black music has long served as a powerful medium for resistance, revolution and social commentary. From Billie Holiday’s haunting “Strange Fruit” to Kendrick Lamar’s politically
Beyoncé‘s country tune “16 Carriages” was made before 2022’s Act I: Renaissance album. The superstar has switched things up for her upcoming country album, Act II:
Babatúndé Aléshé and Indiyah Polack are hosting this year’s MOBO Awards. The comedian and presenter are teaming up for the annual ceremony — which celebrates
Stormzy and Little Simz lead the nominations for the 2024 MOBO Awards with four nods each. The annual ceremony celebrating Black music and culture heads
Both Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg took turns ripping into the Grammy Awards as well as the Recording Academy which annually puts on the music awards
On June 24 at the Nasdaq Marketplace in NYC, music industry legend and Co-founder and CEO of 300, Kevin Liles sat down with Rev. Al
Houston music producer, entrepreneur and recording artist TJ Boyce is coming from behind the curtain to help put Houston on the map. Boyce is using
The Chicago-based band Rebel Wyld have a conversation with Precise about the challenges of being a Black rock group and what they see as their
Jhene Aiko decided to make major changes to the music she releases. From now on, you won’t hear the N-word in any of her songs.
Quayshun Carter has decades of experience in the music industry. The former Epic Records artist eventually became an independent promotions guru who worked on projects
Anthony Hamilton represents rhythm and blues from a place of authenticity. His smooth baritone immediately conjures mental images of soul food dinners on Sundays, mothers
The Grammys has announced plans to stop using the word “urban” to describe music of Black origin in their awards categories. When the prestigious awards
Sean “Diddy” Combs went on a prolonged rant at a celebrity-filled pre-awards party on Saturday night, telling the star-studded audience that the Grammys have never
Tom Joyner has stepped away from the mic. On Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, the legendary radio jock retired after four decades on the air. Joyner,
Chicago-based singer Dante Hall has been a backup singer for the likes of Donald Lawrence and Yolanda Adams. On June 20, he will take the
[jwplayer qIMrdpTe] BJ The Chicago Kid visited his hometown, Chicago, on June 1, 2019, for the Essence and Ford collaboration for My City 4 Ways.
R&B legend Jon B stops by Reality Check to talk new music and the state of R&B with host Christal Jordan.
Hip-hop music has been under constant scrutiny, attack and attempted censorship almost from its origins. At the height of the popularity of “gangsta” rap music
Aretha Franklin will be remembered as, arguably, the greatest soul singer in the history of R&B music. After leaving her father’s church at 18 years
