Iconic performer James Brown who is not just credited with being the Godfather of Soul, but the foundation of Hip-Hop, will get his just due in a four-hour, two-part documentary.

The Coachella lineup for 2024 has been announced and Doja Cat, Tyler the Creator, Ice Spice, Victoria Monet, Jon Batiste and Lil Yachty made the cut when it comes to R&B and hip hop acts.

Nigerian singer/songwriter Tems says that spending a brief time in a jail in Uganda helped her feel much freer as an artist.

Maxwell is back…but he never really left. The now 50-year-old singer/songwriter who burst onto the neo-soul scene with Urban Hang Suite in 1996 says he’s finally going to release the third album in the Night trilogy. He just didn’t say exactly when. But we do know when his upcoming cruise is happening. The Urban Hang […]

Though the late, great Prince became an ascended master in 2016, interest hasn't waned in the vault of music he left behind.

Diddy's entrepreneurial streak hit another road bump recently.

Now that it appears that Jamie Foxx is out and about and on the mend, he’s announced a new project. He and British actor Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service) are producing a documentary on crooner Luther Vandross. Vandross is the eight-time Grammy winner who started his career as a background singer, then became the […]

Prince would have celebrated his 65th birthday this week, and the annual Celebration at his Paisley Park studio and soundstage kicked off near Minneapolis today.

Tina Turner's passing last week at the age of 83 left a void in the music world.

Summer 2019

There isn’t a Black soul born who is foreign to the great cons against Black art, and most importantly, Black sound. It’s a right of passage, since most of us were raised on the stories of Motown and grown folk music. The era of Blues, Jazz, Swing and even Country music weren’t only times of […]