The relationship between Black music and luxury is contentious, where profit often replaces passion. This is to say, you can be born poor, working class or middle class, and get rich making music ...

I've been in this game for over 25 years, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that Black music doesn't follow trends, we create them! From the cotton fields where blues was born to the South ...

"The church is a great archive of Black music.” — Nikki Giovanni. Amiri Baraka once wrote that Black music, “to retain its freshness, its originality, its specific expression of its own ...

P discusses his "P.A. 6 Song EP," mentorship evolution within Great Thinkers Collective, and using hip-hop for youth ...

First, this was a hard list to make because there are so many great British rappers on the scene. As you go down the list, you’ll see I’ve tried to include all styles of rap, from chill to drill.

Director Elegance Bratton digs into the history of house music in Move Ya Body, which is screening as part of the Tribeca Film Festival ...

The great Black music symposium with Angel Bat Dawid, Qur'an Shaheed, Dr Adam Zanolini and Ben LaMar Gay. Up next.

Gospel great Yolanda Adams released her first album in 1987. She believes her music is a message for people to stay hopeful Her style of gospel blends a feel of R&B and jazz into it.

Great Black Music was serious, the album argued, a ritual you had to equip yourself for, but it could also be one hell of a good time. Pull up a chair at our table, the combination of music and ...

In recent years, research has consistently shown Black Americans becoming less religious. In a 2023 Pew poll, 72 percent of Black people identified as Christian, with 24 percent identifying as ...

We have strayed away from what makes Black music great: heart, soul and love! Cover Stories. Year in Music 2023: A Nashville Black Music Roundtable. Compiled by Ron Wynn; Cover Stories.

Moore opens the book with brief capsules on great Black quarterbacks of earlier eras like Willie Thrower and Charlie “Choo Choo” Brackins who were given at best, begrudging opportunities under ...