06/02/14 – Learn all about soul songstress India Arie ‘s musical inspiration during Black Music Month. India credits Anita Baker, Mahalia Jackson, Patti LaBelle and Whitney Houston for exposing her to new styles of music. Click the link above to hear more!
On June 7, 1979, I had the pleasure of attending the first Black Music Month celebration on the lawn of the White House, hosted by President Jimmy Carter. It was a lovely picnic gathering with an illustrious audience of music industry professionals, including Chuck Berry, Andre Crouch and other prominent artists of the day, who […]
He was born Shawn Corey Carter in Brooklyn, New York, but the world knows him better as Jay-Z. At the time when he chose the moniker that would make him famous, Carter had no idea it would become a household name around the world. But then, who would have imagined that hip-hop could make it […]
Usher Raymond IV may have been born to sing. As a youngster, he sang in the choir, and as his family watched his talent develop, they made what would be a fateful decision – to move from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia, where a more fertile music scene was growing. Turns out his family was […]
It was the hottest single of 2000s. Its video made Kanye West the most hated man in America. Though, at first, it seemed just a catchy pop song, Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” turned out to be so much more. From the single ladies of America who could relate to its message […]
Since power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce dominated the past decade, it’s no surprise that one of their protégés would become the hottest new talent in the rap game. Jeremiah “J.” Cole is the first signing to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, even though Cole says he once approached the rap superstar outside of a New York recording […]
