We remember her fondly from her 1972 appearance on Sesame Street where she sang "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" to four little children on a studio-built stoop.
Janelle Monae found a way to bounce back this week, after she was reportedly cut off for speaking about police brutality during her TODAY Show…
Among the many great Black writers in canons of Black literature, the renowned James Baldwin etched his mark in history with his candid and brilliant words on…
Lauryn Hill amazed the audience on the Tonight Show last night, performing a cover of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good”. Hill was one of the many artists who lent their voices to the compilation album “Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone” The compilation is already out in stores and fans in the Triangle will get […]
“I’ll tell you what freedom means to me: no fear…no fear!” – Nina Simone Today, Netflix will release its documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone?, a title taken from a 1970 Redbook magazine article by Maya Angelou, that concludes: “Life has left keloidal scars on her voice, and wells of angry tears lie beneath each spoken […]
BET has booked it’s headliner for the BET Awards later this month! The network announced this weekend that Nicki Minaj will take the stage (and owning the entire show, we’re sure) on June 28 at the Microsoft Theater. Since she’ll be performing to promote the Pinkprint album, it’s predicted that she’ll be performing her latest track, “Feelin’ […]
There’s more drama afoot for the Nina Simone estate. The iconic singer’s heirs are battling Sony, her former label, for allegedly pirating her music. According…
Ciara has tapped a familiar voice to amp up the third single from new album “Jackie”! The singer linked up with her girl Missy Elliot…
Some artists make music for the money and the fame, but Jasmine Sanders reminds us of these 10 artists whose music tries to change the world. So…
Racial disparities are alive and well in our country, but in some cases the gaps are more prevalent than others. Based on socio-economic factors, 24/7…
