They depict many relatable elements of Black life, often through a humorous lens. A sitcom’s theme song plays a key role in this narrative, capturing the essence of a show in a condensed (and ...

With a career spanning over six decades, Stevie Wonder has crafted songs that resonate deeply with the struggles, triumphs, ...

He's got, you know, this great song called “Black Man” from “Songs in the Key of Life,” which is such an amazing album in general, but that “Black Man” song, you know, just highlights ...

Whether you’re brewing your morning coffee or brushing your teeth to this playlist, here are 10 songs by Black women to soundtrack your morning to. Life tastes much sweeter when you’re ...

Some of the earliest depictions of Black life were reduced to caricatures ... Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, from 1971. And this film, which centers a Black sex worker on the run from cops ...

Songs that are not protest songs but are just discussing Black life can be political. In a world meant to oppress and suppress us, Black joy is political. In a world meant to break up the Black ...

Black artists have channeled their ... with his 1971 album “What’s Going On.” The song “Inner City Blues” painted a vivid picture of life in America’s inner cities at the time and ...

Crack had a massive impact on the Black community in the 1980s ... “My Brother’s A Basehead” is one of those songs that spring from the artist’s real life. Posdnous is telling the story ...

raises some kids and lets the song — and, presumably, his life — figuratively fade to black in the end. All of those titles put country music’s storytelling tradition on steroids ...